Neobisium carcinoides

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neobisium carcinoides
Neobisium carcinoides (25942208952).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Neobisiidae
Genus: Neobisium
Species:
N. carcinoides
Binomial name
Neobisium carcinoides
(Hermann, 1804)

Neobisium carcinoides is a species of pseudoscorpions in the Neobisiidae family. It is found throughout Europe with the exception of Greece, Belarus, and Russia. The type locality is 7 km south of Strasbourg, in the Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, France.

Description[]

Specimens of this species are about 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long. They are primarily dark brown with four pairs of legs, and dark red claws.

References[]

  • Hermann, J. 1804. La Carcinoïde (Carcinoïdes). (Chelifer. Corpore cylindrico-ovato fusco-castaneo, subtus albido; brachiorum ruforum articulo inferiore flexuoso-tereti, intermedio clavato. Nobis.) Page 118, plate 5, fig. 6, in: Hermann, J.-F. 1804. Mémoire Aptérologique. 144 pp. F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg.


Retrieved from ""