Sternophoridae

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.

Sternophoridae
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Sternophoridae
Chamberlin, 1923

Genera

As of October 2023, the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following three genera:[1]

  • Afrosternophorus Beier, 1967
  • Garyops Banks, 1909
  • Idiogaryops Hoff, 1963

References
  1. "Sternophoridae Chamberlin, 1923". World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.


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