Sternophoridae
Sign in to saveThe Sternophoridae are a family of pseudoscorpions with about 20 described species in three genera. While Afrosternophorus is an Old World genus, found mainly in Australasia (with, despite its name, only one African species), the other two genera are found in the New World, from El Salvador to the southern USA and in the Dominican Republic.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderPseudoscorpiones
- FamilySternophoridae
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- 12
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- Sternophoridae
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- MCZ, WAM
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- United States, Virgin Islands, U.S., Mexico
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The Sternophoridae are a family of pseudoscorpions with about 20 described species in three genera. While Afrosternophorus is an Old World genus, found mainly in Australasia (with, despite its name, only one African species), the other two genera are found in the New World, from El Salvador to the southern USA and in the Dominican Republic.
==Genera== , the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following three genera: Afrosternophorus Beier, 1967 Garyops Banks, 1909 Idiogaryops Hoff, 1963
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