Cryptocheiridium

Cryptocheiridium is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Cheiridiidae.

Cryptocheiridium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Pseudoscorpionida
Superfamily:
Cheiridioidea
Family:
Cheiridiidae
Subfamily:
Cheiridiinae
Genus:
Cryptocheiridium

Type species
Cheiridium subtropicum
Tullgren, 1907
Species
  • †Cryptocheiridium antiquum
  • Cryptocheiridium australicum Beier, 1969
  • Cryptocheiridium elegans (Dumitresco & Orghidan, 1981)
  • Cryptocheiridium elgonense Beier, 1955
  • Cryptocheiridium formosanum (Ellingsen, 1912)
  • Cryptocheiridium kivuense Beier, 1959
  • Cryptocheiridium lucifugum Beier, 1963
  • Cryptocheiridium somalicum Callaini, 1985
  • Cryptocheiridium subtropicum (Tullgren, 1907)

Cryptocheiridium lucifugum is one of the animals found in the Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia.

†Cryptocheiridium antiquum was found in Dominican amber (Miocene of Dominican Republic).

References
  1. arachnid order Chelonethida. JC Chamberlin, 1931, Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences, volume 7, page 238


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