''Wespus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of armoured harvestmen in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Phalangodidae
The Phalangodidae are a family of harvestman, harvestmen with about 30 genus, genera and more than 100 described species, distributed in the Holarctic region.
It is not to be confused with the harvestman family Phalangiidae, which is in the su ...
. There is at least one described
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in ''Wespus'', ''W. arkansasensis''.
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