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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 ...
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.
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.
Syarinidae is a family of pseudoscorpions in the order Pseudoscorpiones. There are at least 20 genera and 110 described species in Syarinidae. There are at least 20 genera and 110 described species in Syarinidae.
Pseudotyrannochthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Pseudotyrannochthoniidae. It was described in 1930 by Austrian arachnologist Max Beier. [1] [2]
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.
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.