Chelifer cancroides - Wikipedia Chelifer cancroides, the house pseudoscorpion, is a species of pseudoscorpion It is the most widely distributed species of pseudoscorpion in the world and occurs in a range of habitats, but it is mostly synanthropic and harmless to humans
Pseudoscorpions - Penn State Extension Chelifer cancroides (L ) Pseudoscorpions are tiny arachnids, 2 to 8 millimeters in length, with four pairs of legs and one pair of relatively large pedipalps (pincer-like claws)
CHELIFERS OR PSEUDOSCORPIONS AS VARROA CONTROL AGENTS The approach taken by Torben Schiffer in Hamburg to control the Varroa mites by symbiotic coexistence of chelifers (Chelifer cancroides, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida) and bees seemed promising to us
Pseudoscorpion - Types, Lifespan, Size, Diet, Habitat, Pictures These arachnids also prefer artificial habitats like damp laundry rooms and basements, whereas the commonly found house pseudoscorpion (Chelifer cancroides) is often sheltered in dusty books They primarily inhabit tree barks and tree hollows, leaf and pine litter, moss, and soil
Pseudoscorpion: Got Pests? : Board of Pesticides Control: Maine DACF Pseudoscorpion —Chelifer cancroides Contrary to what one might think, while pseudoscorpions look like tiny scorpions, they are harmless and do not attack structures or occupants They spend most of the time outside under leaf litter and mulch, but are sometimes noticed when they wander into homes
Pseudoscorpions - chelifer. com With their large pincer-like pedipalps they superficially resemble scorpions Unlike scorpions they have trachea rather than lung-books for breathing and no sting at the end of a long tail
About chelifer – A Glass Wall It is called a false scorpion or a pseudoscorpion and belongs to some 1700 species peers , the Latin name being Chelifer cancroides It has appeared in the world already before spiders and scorpions (over 380 million years ago) The pseudoscorpion uses these small home pestle for nutrition
Chelifer cancroides (Linnaeus, 1758) - GBIF Notes: Chelifer cancroides is a cosmopolitan species (WPC 2024) that prefers synanthropic habitats, including bird nests near human settlements This is also supported by records from Bratislava (Cyprich et al 2000; Christophoryová et al 2017 a)
Chelifer - Definition, Usage Quiz | C | Dictionary | Ultimate Lexicon Chelifer is a term that refers to a genus of small arachnids belonging to the family Chernetidae, commonly known as pseudoscorpions These arachnids bear a resemblance to scorpions but lack a long tail and the sting