David Steinmann

A research associate at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, David Steinmann (Phys’90) was recently able to name a new species of pseudoscorpion. Steinmann and his family were hiking near the Flatirons and searching for invertebrates in 2008 when he found the cave-dwelling species of Larca, and a pseudoscorpion expert in Australia later helped determine that this species was the first of its kind to be discovered. Steinmann chose to honor the city of Boulder by naming the species Larca boulderica. Currently only found in Boulder, the Larca boulderica is about the size of a sesame seed and survives in dry and dusty habitats.