Biology:Pseudochiridiidae
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Short description: Family of pseudoscorpions
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Pseudochiridiidae Chamberlin, 1923[1] |
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.[3]
Genera
The family contains the following genera:[2]
- Paracheiridium Vachon, 1938
- Pseudochiridium With, 1906
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chamberlin, JC (1923). "New and little known pseudoscorpions, principally from the islands and adjacent shores of the Gulf of California". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 12 (4): 353–387 [370].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Family: Pseudochiridiidae Chamberlin, 1923". World Arachnida Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/genera/46. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ↑ "Family PSEUDOCHIRIDIIDAE Chamberlin, 1923". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fc107e9b-3bd0-4ba3-9268-8e5d88f1fba6.
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