Draculoides obrutus

Draculoides obrutus is a species of schizomid arachnids in the Hubbardiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Volker Framenau, Zoë Hamilton, Terrie Finston, Garth Humphreys, Kym Abrams, Joel Huey and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet obrutus refers to the species only being discovered through molecular analysis.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the arid Pilbara region of North West Western Australia. The type locality is Kens Bore, about south of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some north of Perth.