Cheliferidae is a family of pseudoscorpions in the order Pseudoscorpiones, first described by Antoine Risso in 1827. As of October 2023[update], the World...

is picked up by the female. Members of the Cheliferoidea (Atemnidae, Cheliferidae, Chernetidae and Withiidae) have an elaborate mating dance, which ends...

cephalothorax has one pair of eyes. This species can be distinguished from other Cheliferidae by a number of features. The carapace has large setose tubercles. In...

Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the...

Protochelifer victorianus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Cheliferidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1966 by Austrian arachnologist...

are terrestrial predators. With, CJ (1907). "On some new species of Cheliferidae, Hans., and Garypidae, Hans., in the British Museum". Journal of the...

Protochelifer cavernarum is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Cheliferidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1967 by Austrian arachnologist...

Protochelifer naracoortensis is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Cheliferidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1968 by Austrian...

synonym of Chernetidae) Chernetidae Menge, 1855 Withiidae Chamberlin, 1931 Cheliferidae Risso, 1826 Cheliferoidea Judson, Mark L. I. (1985). "Redescription of...

Philomaoria is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the Cheliferidae family. It was described in 1931 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin. The...