Sathrochthonius tuena is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chthoniidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1962 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin.[1][2]
Sathrochthonius tuena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | Chthoniidae |
Genus: | Sathrochthonius |
Species: | S. tuena
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Binomial name | |
Sathrochthonius tuena Chamberlin, 1962[1]
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Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in eastern New South Wales. The type locality is ‘probably in the Blue Mountains near Sydney’.[1][2]
Behaviour
editThe pseudoscorpions are cave-dwelling, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Chamberlin, JC (1962). "New and little-known false scorpions, principally from caves, belonging to the families Chthoniidae and Neobisiidae (Arachnida, Chelonethida)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 123: 303–354 [304].
- ^ a b c "Species Sathrochthonius tuena Chamberlin, 1962". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2023-10-06.