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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.
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.
The Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion also has a set of small teeth on these tiny pincers that help in latching onto its prey. [7] Pseudoscorpions, like arthropods, have a protein called sclerotin on their outer layer. This protein gives the specimen a hard exoskeleton, as well as a reddish color. Surface-adapted pseudoscorpions have more sclerotin ...
Garypus titanius, the giant pseudoscorpion, is the largest species of pseudoscorpion—small, scorpion-looking creatures—in the world. Critically endangered, it is restricted to Boatswain Bird Island , a small rocky island off Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. [ 3 ]
A new species was found in feces. Researchers in Colombia discovered a previously unknown pseudoscorpion — a type of scorpion-like arachnid — in bat excrement.
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.
Larca is a genus of pseudoscorpions. It is the only genus in the family Larcidae. They are found in North America and Europe. [2] List of species.