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False scorpion

Photo by ashimgogoi.ag
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Field Notes

Description:

Very small, about 6 mm.long body, pincer-like pedipalps.

Habitat:

Found it on harvesting potato for seedling.

Notes:

Chelifer or other pseudoscorpion, couldn't confirm, pls help.

Species ID Suggestions

(not sure)

Microbisium parvulum

Reference Link
pramod.mitikiri
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Comments (2)
ashimgogoi.ag
Thank you so much, pramod.mitikiri., from the info most possibility of you suggested
pramod.mitikiri
I agree with you that the insect you found was a type of pseudoscorpion: an insect that looks like a scorpion but isn't. It could possible be Chelifer cancroides, but the insect in the picture has a slimmer body than that of a normal Chelifer cancroides. I would argue that from this chart (linked below), I would say rather it being close to (f), it is closer to (d), given the insect's small size, and so I think its Microbisium parvulum. https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-a-pseudoscorpion-25170
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PublishedNovember 26, 2021

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