The Cheliferoidea are a superfamily of pseudoscorpions.
Cheliferoidea Temporal range:
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Chelifer cancroides, family Cheliferidae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Suborder: | Iocheirata |
Superfamily: | Cheliferoidea Risso, 1826 |
Families | |
See text |
Families
editThe superfamily contains the following families:[1]
- Atemnidae Kishida, 1929 (Chamberlin, 1931?)
- Miratemnidae (Sometimes considered a subfamily of Atemnidae, Miratemninae)
- Myrmochernetidae Chamberlin, 1931 (Junior synonym of Chernetidae)[2]
- Chernetidae Menge, 1855
- Withiidae Chamberlin, 1931
- Cheliferidae Risso, 1826
References
edit- ^ Cheliferoidea
- ^ Judson, Mark L. I. (1985). "Redescription of Myrmochernes Tullgren (Chelonethida: Chernetidae)" (PDF). Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 6 (8): 321–327. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-01-15.