Synsphyronus elegans is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1954 by Austrian arachnologist Max Beier.[1][2]
Synsphyronus elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | Garypidae |
Genus: | Synsphyronus |
Species: | S. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Synsphyronus elegans |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-west Western Australia. The type locality is Yorkrakine Rock in the eastern Wheatbelt region.[2][1]
Behaviour
editThe pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Beier, M (1954). "Report from Prof. T. Gislén's expedition to Australia in 1951–1952. 7. Pseudoscorpionidea". Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. 50 (3): 1–26 [13].
- ^ a b c "Species Synsphyronus elegans Beier, 1954". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-23.