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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | Sternophoridae |
Genus: | Afrosternophorus |
Species: | A. hirsti
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Binomial name | |
Afrosternophorus hirsti (
Chamberlin, 1932)
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Synonyms | |
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Afrosternophorus hirsti is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Sternophoridae family. It was described in 1932 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin. The specific epithet honours Dr F. S. Hirst who collected the holotype. [1] [2]
The body length of males is 2.0–2.3 mm; that of females 1.8–2.9 mm. [1] [3]
The species occurs in New South Wales and Queensland. The type locality is Barringun, on the border between the two states. The pseudoscorpions are found under tree bark. [2] [1]
The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators. [2]
Afrosternophorus hirsti | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | Sternophoridae |
Genus: | Afrosternophorus |
Species: | A. hirsti
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Binomial name | |
Afrosternophorus hirsti (
Chamberlin, 1932)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Afrosternophorus hirsti is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Sternophoridae family. It was described in 1932 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin. The specific epithet honours Dr F. S. Hirst who collected the holotype. [1] [2]
The body length of males is 2.0–2.3 mm; that of females 1.8–2.9 mm. [1] [3]
The species occurs in New South Wales and Queensland. The type locality is Barringun, on the border between the two states. The pseudoscorpions are found under tree bark. [2] [1]
The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators. [2]