Pseudoscorpiones is the order of pseudoscorpions, also called false scorpions or book scorpions, small arachnids that resemble true scorpions but lack the elongated tail and sting. Most species measure only 2 to 8 millimeters, though the largest reaches about 12 millimeters. Over 3,300 species in more than 430 genera and 24 living families have been described, all carrying scorpion-like pincered pedipalps.
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Source Wikidata: Book Scorpion
Source Wikidata: Neobisium
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Source Wikipedia: PseudoscorpionDistribution: AustraliaQuote, Distribution: Australia
They range worldwide, even in temperate to cold regions such as Northern Ontario and above the timberline in Wyoming's Rocky Mountains in the United States and the Jenolan Caves of Australia, but have their most dense and diverse populations in the tropics and subtropics, where they spread even to island territories such as the Canary Islands, where around 25 endemic species have been found.
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Source Wikipedia: PseudoscorpionDistribution: United StatesQuote, Distribution: United States
They range worldwide, even in temperate to cold regions such as Northern Ontario and above the timberline in Wyoming's Rocky Mountains in the United States and the Jenolan Caves of Australia, but have their most dense and diverse populations in the tropics and subtropics, where they spread even to island territories such as the Canary Islands, where around 25 endemic species have been found.
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Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
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Wikidata: Book Scorpion
Parent Taxon Of: Book Scorpion, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Neobisium
Parent Taxon Of: Neobisium, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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