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Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, [1] are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida. Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans because they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice , ants , mites , and small ...
Arachnids in the order Pseudoscorpionida (Pseudoscorpionides, Pseudoscorpiones) — the pseudoscorpions, sorted by superfamilies, families, or genera. Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
The taxonomy of scorpions deals with the classification of this predatory arthropod into 13 extant families and about 1,400 described species and subspecies. In addition, 111 described taxa of extinct scorpions are known.
Order Pseudoscorpionida (Pseudoscorpions, or false scorpions) Order Scorpiones (True scorpions) Order Uropygi (Thelyphonida s.s., whip scorpions) Order †Trigonotarbida; Order Opiliones (Harvestmen, also known as daddy longlegs) Order †Phalangiotarbida; Order Solifugae (Sun spiders or wind scorpions) Order Ricinulei (Hooded tickspiders)
Pseudotyrannochthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions, belonging to the superfamily Chthonioidea.It represents the most basal and primitive group of living pseudoscorpions, with less than 100 species in 6 genera.
Bochicidae is a family of pseudoscorpions distributed throughout the Americas from Texas and Mexico to South America, from the Antilles to Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil, as well as in Europe (Iberian Peninsula).
Pseudochiridiidae is a family of pseudoscorpions. It was described in 1923 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin. [1] [2] Pseudochiridiids are relatively small pseudoscorpions. They are found in plant litter or beneath tree bark. The family was sometimes treated as a subfamily of the Cheiridiidae, but has since been reinstated.
As of October 2023, the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following eleven genera: [2]. Ammogarypus Beier, 1962; Anagarypus Chamberlin, 1930; Anchigarypus Harvey, 2020 ...