Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids. They belong to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also called Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Pseudoscorpiones
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Pseudoscorpion
Sources
1. Wikidata: Pseudoscorpiones
- Wikidata Q19119, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikipedia 'Pseudoscorpion': they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants, mites, and small flies
- Child Taxon Of: Arachnida, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q1358 (Arachnida)
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ19119, descriptionView the Source 4. Wikipedia: Pseudoscorpion
Infobox: taxon
Pseudoscorpiones
In Biome: Intertidal Zone, Habitat
Species have been found under tree bark, in leaf and pine litter, in soil, in tree hollows, under stones, in caves such as the Movile Cave, at the seashore in the intertidal zone, and within fractured rocks.
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