Taracus
Taracus is a genus of harvestman, or Opiliones, typically found living in limestone and lava caves in the United States. They grow to a size of.
Taxonomy
Taracus contains the following species, per World Catalog of Opiliones. Of the 14 described species, almost all are found in the United States.Taracus aspenae Shear, 2018 Taracus audisioae Shear, 2016 Taracus birsteini Ljovuschkin, 1971 Taracus carmanah Shear, 2016 Taracus fluvipileus Shear, 2016 Taracus gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 Taracus marchingtoni Shear & Warfel, 2016 Taracus packardi Simon, 1879 Taracus pallipes Banks, 1894 Taracus silvestrii Roewer, 1930 Taracus spesavius Shear, 2016 Taracus taylori Shear, 2016 Taracus timpanogos Shear, 2016 Taracus ubicki Shear, 2016Elsewhere :
For Taracus spinosus Banks, 1894 and its synonym Taracus malkini Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945 see Oskoron spinosus. For Taracus nigripes Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 see as synonym of Taracus packardi Simon, 1879.