Nemaspela ladae
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| Nemaspela ladae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Nemastomatidae |
| Genus: | Nemaspela |
| Species: | N. ladae |
| Binomial name | |
| Nemaspela ladae Karaman, 2013 | |
Nemaspela ladae is a species of cave-dwelling arachnid in the harvestman family Nemastomatidae.
This is a small, blind harvestman with a light-brown body. It is characterized by extremely long chelicerae (approximately 3 mm). The body length is about 2 mm, the pedipalps are about 7 mm long, and the legs are about 20 mm long. The species was first described in 2013 and was named in honor of the Bosnian biospeleologist Dr. Lada Lukić-Bilela from the Faculty of Sciences in Sarajevo, the president of the Biospeleological Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who personally discovered the first type specimens during an expedition in 2008.[1]