Chitrella

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Chitrella
The image shows a chitrella cavicola. It has a long body, curled legs and scorpion-like pedipalps.
Chitrella cavicola (the same as obisium cavicola)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Syarinidae
Genus: Chitrella
Beier, 1932

Chitrella is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family of Syarinidae.

Distribution[edit]

The species in this genus are endemic to the United States.

List of species[edit]

According to Pseudoscorpions of the World 1.2:[1]

Original publication[edit]

  • (in German) Beier, 1932 : Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord. Chthoniinea et Neobisiinea. Tierreich, vol. 57, p. 1-258.
  • (in English) Chamberlin, 1930 : A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 10, n. 5, p. 1-48 & 585-620.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Harvey, 2009 : Pseudoscorpions of the World 1.2. Western Australian Museum". Archived from the original on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2019-09-08.

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