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Also known as false scorpion, book scorpion, Pseudoscorpions, pseudoscorpions, pseudoscorpion
Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
AI overview
Pseudoscorpions are tiny arachnids that look similar to scorpions but belong to their own distinct group. They're sometimes called false scorpions or book scorpions, and while they resemble their larger relatives, they represent a separate order of creatures in the arachnid family.
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Species
false scorpions
Order
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderPseudoscorpiones
Habitatmarine
拟蝎目（學名：Pseudoscorpionida），又名書蠍目，是一些小型种类，体长多小于8mm，稀有达到厘米的，所以平時甚少被察覺。其体型似蝎，故名。但它们腹部几近等宽，而无腹部和后腹部之分，也无蛰針（英语：stinger）。擬蠍常透過攜播行為進行長距離的移動，广泛分布于朽叶、土壤、树皮下石下或苔藓植物中，有些种在沿海潮间带的漂浮物或海藻上。由于它们个体太小，又加栖息地性质等原因而很少被人注意。实际上它们广泛存在，而且种类丰富，已知有430屬3,300余种，在某些地区密度很大。 拟蝎目生物一般對人類無害，因為他們依靠衣蛾幼蟲、鰹節蟲幼蟲、囓蟲、螞蟻、蟎與小型雙翅目作食糧。
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10 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Behavior
- Distribution
- Evolution
- Historical references
- Classification
- Cladogram
- References
- Further reading
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Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans because they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants, mites, and small flies. They are common in many environments, but they are rarely noticed due to their small size. When people see pseudoscorpions, especially indoors, they often mistake them for ticks or small spiders. Pseudoscorpions often carry out phoresis, a form of commensalism in which one organism uses another for the purpose of transport.