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Cheiridiidae
Sign in to saveCheiridiidae is a family of pseudoscorpions belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones. It was described in 1894 by Danish zoologist Hans Jacob Hansen.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderPseudoscorpiones
- FamilyCheiridiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 174
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cheiridiidae
- Collections
- MCZ, AM
- Recorded in
- United States, British Virgin Islands, Australia
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Cheiridiidae is a family of pseudoscorpions belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones. It was described in 1894 by Danish zoologist Hans Jacob Hansen.
Genera: Apocheiridium Chamberlin, 1924 Cheiridium Menge, 1855 Cryptocheiridium Chamberlin, 1931 Electrobisium Cockerell, 1917 Leptocheiridium Mahnert & Schmidl, 2011 Neocheiridium Beier, 1932 Nesocheiridium Beier, 1957 Pycnocheiridium Beier, 1964
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