Synsphyronus paradoxus
Synsphyronus paradoxus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | Garypidae |
Genus: | Synsphyronus |
Species: | S. paradoxus |
Binomial name | |
Synsphyronus paradoxus Chamberlin, 1930[1] |
Synsphyronus paradoxus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It was described in 1930 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in central and south-eastern Australia in the Lake Eyre and Murray–Darling basins in woodland habitats, often under bark. The type locality is Menindee.[2][1]
Behaviour
[edit]The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Chamberlin, JC (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. 10 (5): 1–48, 585–620 [617]. doi:10.1080/00222933008673104.
- ^ a b c "Species Synsphyronus paradoxus Chamberlin, 1930". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-22.