Olpiidae

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Olpiidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Superfamily: Garypoidea
Family: Olpiidae
Banks, 1895

Olpiidae is a family of pseudoscorpions in the superfamily Garypoidea. It contains the following genera: [1]

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Distribution and Habitat

They occur in a wide variety of microhabitats, including litter, soil, moss, under stones or in decaying logs, and they inhabit all terrestrial ecosystems except the Polar regions. [2]

Genus

References

  1. ↑ "Olpiidae Banks, 1895". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ Romero-Ortiz, Catalina; and Sarmiento, Carlos E. (2020-04-17). "Assessment of morphometric characters to delimit species of Apolpium Chamberlin, 1930 (Pseudoscorpiones, Olpiidae)" . Journal of Natural History. 54 (15–16): 1025–1043. Bibcode:2020JNatH..54.1025R. doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1781273. ISSN   0022-2933.{{cite journal}}: |first2= missing |last2= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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