Family STERNOPHORIDAE Chamberlin, 1923
Compiler and date details
Mark S. Harvey, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Introduction
Sternophorids are small to medium-sized pseudoscorpions and, with the exception of a single cavernicolous species from Papua New Guinea, appear to be strictly corticolous. They are very pale in colouration and are dorso-ventrally flattened. Three genera and 20 species are currently recognised (Harvey 1985 1991) from most tropical and subtropical regions of the world, and several species are found in temperate zones. The described Australian fauna consists of four species of Afrosternophorus (Harvey, 1985), but several undescribed species are represented in museum collections (Harvey, unpublished data).
Diagnosis
The presence of a pseudosternum between coxae of legs I to III easily distinguishes this family from all other pseudoscorpions.
General References
Harvey, M.S. 1985. The systematics of the family Sternophoridae (Pseudoscorpionida). Journal of Arachnology 13: 141-209
Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
History of changes
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| 31-Oct-2012 | 31-Oct-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |