Epiocheirata

Epiocheirata
Neopseudogarypus scutellatus, Tasmania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Pseudoscorpiones
Suborder:Epiocheirata
Harvey, 1992

Epiocheirata is a suborder of pseudoscorpions in the order Pseudoscorpiones. There are about 5 families and at least 740 described species in Epiocheirata.[1][2][3]

Families

These five families belong to the suborder Epiocheirata:[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Epiocheirata Suborder Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. 1 2 "Epiocheirata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  3. 1 2 "Epiocheirata Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.

Further reading

  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Comstock, John Henry (1912). The spider book: A manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whip-scorpions, harvestmen, and other members of the class arachnida, found in America North of Mexico, with analytical keys for their clas... ISBN 978-1295195817.
  • Harvey, Mark S. (1992). "The phylogeny and classification of the Pseudoscorpionida (Chelicerata : Arachnida)". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 6 (6): 1373–1435. ISSN 0818-0164.
  • Harvey, Mark S. (2002). "The neglected cousins: what do we know about the smaller arachnid orders?". The Journal of Arachnology. 30 (2): 357–372. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030%5B0357:TNCWDW%5D2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0161-8202.
  • Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing. ISBN 978-0877192640.

  • Harvey, M.S. (2013). "Pseudoscorpions of the World, version 3.0". Western Australian Museum, Perth. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  • Media related to Epiocheirata at Wikimedia Commons


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