Dactylochelifer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | Cheliferidae |
Genus: | Dactylochelifer Beier, 1932 |
Type species | |
Dactylochelifer latreillii (Leach, 1817) | |
Species | |
46, see text |
Dactylochelifer is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Cheliferidae, first described by Max Beier in 1932. [1]
As of October 2023 [update] , the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following forty-six species: [2]
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