It was a very exciting moment when I saw this, not only because it is such a magnificent animal, but also because my brother and I have been looking without luck for this for many years!
Velvetworm Ooperipatellus species, forest below Walkers Lookout, Flinders Island, Tasmania, November 2022
small harvestmen - generally mauve colour
Suelo de bosque valdiviano.
Publicado en Pérez-Schultheiss, J. & F. Urra, 2022. Nuevos registros de Hesperopilio magnificus Shultz & Cekalovic, 2006 (Opiliones: Eupnoi) en la cordillera de la costa de Purranque. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 71(1): 1-5.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361072909_Nuevos_registros_de_Hesperopilio_magnificus_Shultz_y_Cekalovic_2006_Opiliones_Eupnoi_en_la_cordillera_de_la_costa_de_Purranque
Moist mesic forest of beech, oak, ironwood, sycamore, hickory, buckeye, from hillside and base of sandstone boulders