Directory of Pseudoscorpiones Resources

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Order of false scorpions with about 2000 species. They are very small, live in such places as under stones, in soil or under bark. Although anatomically distinct, superficially they resemble scorpions, having formidable pedipalps with which they attack their prey. They then immobilise it, before ripping it up with their dagger-like chelicerae and sucking out the fluids. They do not have a sting.

Resources in This Category

• Pseudoscorpion

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscorpiones
  Article from Wikipedia on false or book scorpions, their classification, physical characteristics and biology.

• Pseudoscorpiones

  http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/pseudoscorpions/
  Image and brief description.

• Pseudoscorpionidae: False Scorpions

  http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/allies/pseudoscorpionidae.html
  An introduction with illustrations of Synsphyronus niger and Synsphyronus absitus.

• Pseudoscorpions

  http://www.dochterland.org/pseudosc.htm
  Photographs of some species studied by Hans Henderickx.

• Pseudoscorpions

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Pseudoscorpions
  Photographs, description, life history and habits.

• Pseudoscorpions: Chelifer cancroides

  http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/pseudoscorpions
  Image and information including description, life history and behavior.

 

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