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The largest known species is Garypus titanius of Ascension Island [4] at up to 12 mm (0.5 in). [5] [6] Range is generally smaller at an average of 3 mm (0.1 in). [2] A pseudoscorpion has eight legs with five to seven segments each; the number of fused segments is used to distinguish families and genera.
Arachnids in the order Pseudoscorpionida (Pseudoscorpionides, Pseudoscorpiones) — the pseudoscorpions, sorted by superfamilies, families, or genera. Subcategories.
Chelifer cancroides, the house pseudoscorpion, is a species of pseudoscorpion. It is the most widely distributed species of pseudoscorpion in the world, it occurs in a range of habitats, but it is mostly synanthropic and harmless to humans.
Chthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1843. [1] There are more than 100 species which are distributed from Europe to Iran, North Africa, Balearic Islands and the USA. There is one cosmopolitan species. There are also fossil species from the Eocene of Poland and the Russian Federation.
Neobisiidae is a family of pseudoscorpions distributed throughout Africa, the Americas and Eurasia and consist of 748 species in 34 genera. Some species live in caves while some are surface-dwelling. Some species live in caves while some are surface-dwelling.
A new species was found in feces. Researchers in Colombia discovered a previously unknown pseudoscorpion — a type of scorpion-like arachnid — in bat excrement.
Pseudotyrannochthonius typhlus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Pseudotyrannochthoniidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1970 by Australian zoologist Alan Dartnall. [1] [2]
Withius is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the Withiidae family. It was described in 1911 by English zoologist Harry Wallis Kew. The generic name Withius honours Danish arachnologist Carl Johannes With (1877–1923). [1] [2] [3]