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Cheliferidae

Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Cheliferidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Cheliferidae Risso
2013Cheliferidae Dunlop et al. p. 52
2019Cheliferidae Benavides et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
HaplocnemataBorner 1904
orderPseudoscorpionesLatreille 1817
HomosphyronidaChamberlin 1929
suborderIocheirataHarvey 1992
infraorderPanctenataHarvey 1992
superfamilyCheliferoideaRisso 1826
familyCheliferidaeRisso 1826
familyCheliferidaeRisso 1826

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Cheliferidae Risso 1826
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Subfm. Cheliferinae Risso 1827
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G. Hysterochelifer Chamberlin 1932
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Hysterochelifer manpauch Córdova-Tabares et al. 2024
Invalid names: Cheliferini Risso 1827 [empty]
G. †Dichela Menge 1854
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Dichela berendtii Menge 1854
Dichela gracilis Beier 1937
Dichela granulatus Beier 1937
Invalid names: Oligochelifer Beier 1937 [synonym]
G. †Electrochelifer Beier 1937
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Electrochelifer mengei Beier 1937
G. †Heurtaultia Judson 2009
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G. Parawithius Chamberlin 1931
Subfm. Philomaoriinae Chamberlin 1931
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G. Philomaoria Chamberlin 1931
G. †Pycnochelifer Beier 1937
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Pycnochelifer kleemanni Koch and Berendt 1854
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Invalid names: Obisium rathkii Koch and Berendt 1854 [synonym]
G. †Trachychelifer Hong 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Burdigalian or 106.30000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Cheliferidae indet., Heurtaultia rossiorum (99114)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Chelifer kleemanni, Obisium rathkii (109625) Chelifer kleemanni, Obisium rathkii, Dichela berendtii, Oligochelifer gracilis, Oligochelifer serratidentatus, Oligochelifer granulatus, Electrochelifer mengei (120811)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electrochelifer bachofeni, Electrochelifer rapulitarsatus, Oligochelifer berendtii (123870) Pycnochelifer sp., Electrochelifer balticus (123771)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico Hysterochelifer manpauch (239850)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Cheliferini indet. (178679)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98New Zealand (Otago) Philomaoria sp. (191650)