Draculoides eremius

Draculoides eremius is a species of schizomid arachnids (commonly known as short-tailed whip-scorpions) in the Hubbardiidae family.

It was described in 2015 by Australian arachnologists Kym Abrams and Mark Harvey.

The specific epithet eremius, from the Greek for ‘solitude’ or ‘desert’, refers to its solitary underground existence.

The colour ranges from yellow-brown to dark orange-brown.

[1] The species occurs in the arid Pilbara region of North West Western Australia, where it has only been found in subterranean habitats in channel-iron deposits.