Synsphyronus paradoxus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Garypidae |
| Genus: | Synsphyronus |
| Species: | S. paradoxus
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| Binomial name | |
| Synsphyronus paradoxus Chamberlin, 1930[1]
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Synsphyronus paradoxus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It was described in 1930 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
The species occurs in central and south-eastern Australia in the Lake Eyre and Murray–Darling basins in woodland habitats, often under bark. The type locality is Menindee.[2][1]
Behaviour[edit]
The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Chamberlin, JC (1930). "A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 10 (5): 1–48, 585–620 [617].
- ^ a b c "Species Synsphyronus paradoxus Chamberlin, 1930". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
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