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PseudoScorpion

Pseudoscorpionida Sp

Photo by IreneBA
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Field Notes

Description:

very tiny, about 3-5 mm
but its claws bigger than its body

seem like a scorpion, but wait!! it has 8 legs !!!

Notes:

A pseudoscorpion, (also known as a false scorpion or book scorpion), is an arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpionida, also known as Pseudoscorpiones or Chelonethida.

Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans since they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants, mites, and small flies. They are small and inoffensive, and are rarely seen due to their size.

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Species ID Suggestions

Pseudoscorpiones

Pseudoscorpiones

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Comments (3)
IreneBA
hi, Injica thank you very much!! it's very amazing to know that there is pseudoscorpion. I'm not anxious any more
injica
Probably Antemidae sp. but you can check more here: http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues/pseudoscorpions/family/atemnidae
injica
This is not a scorpion is a pseudoscorpion, you can see that it hasn't a tail characteristic for scorpions but the rest of the body is similar to them and they are always that small ....

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Arthropods of Java
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013

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