Samoa (harvestman)

Samoa is a genus of harvestmen. It consists of three species:

• Samoa obscura Sørensen, 1886[1] — Upolu, Samoa; Viti Levu Fiji[2]
• Samoa sechellana Rambla, 1983[3] — Mahé and Praslin, Seychelles[4][5]
• Samoa variabilis Sørensen, 1886[1] — Upolu, Samoa[2]

Samoa
S. variabilis ♂
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Samoidae
Genus:	Samoa Sørensen, 1886[1]
Type species
Samoa variabilis Sørensen, 1886

References

1. Sörensen, William (1886). "Opiliones". In Koch, L.; Keyserling, E. (eds.). Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. 2. Nürnberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe. pp. 72–74; Pl. 6, Figs. 1–2.
2. Roewer, C. Fr. (1912). "Die Familien der Assamiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores (=Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden, Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden anderer Autoren)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A. 78 (3): 104–105.
3. Rambla, Maria (1983). "Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972): Opiliones (Arachnida)" (PDF). Annalen. Reeks in-8°: Zoologische Wetenschappen. Tervuren, België: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika. 242: 57–61. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2018.
4. Gerlach, Justin (2010). "Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833 harvestmen". In Gerlach, Justin; Marusik, Yuri M. (eds.). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles Islands. Manchester: Siri Scientific Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-9558636-8-4.
5. Gerlach, J. (2014). "Samoa sechellana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T196779A21579856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196779A21579856.en.