stefan_eberhard's Identifications

I am a caver based in Melbourne. Our group was exploring a cave in New Guinea area (about 45 drive from Buchan, Victoria) when we found out this harvestmen. I have never heard that there are any cave dwelling arachnid in Victoria. That does let me wonder if I have found something new.

In the cave, we had found two of them, and both of them are no bigger than 2 cm large.

After contacting Australia Museum, it is almost certainly belongs to the Family Triaenonychidae. But other than that, not much more is known.
In the cave, we had found two of them, and both of them are no bigger than 2 cm large.

After contacting Australia Museum, it is almost certainly belongs to the Family Triaenonychidae. But other than that, not much more is known.