Ideoroncidae is a family of
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.
Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans sin ...
s belonging to the order
Pseudoscorpiones
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 sin ...
.
Members of the family are known from Asia, Africa, western North America and South America.
Genera:
* ''
Afroroncus''
Mahnert, 1981
* ''
Albiorix''
Chamberlin, 1930
* ''
Botswanoncus''
Harvey & Du Preez, 2014
* ''
Dhanus''
Chamberlin, 1930
* ''
Ideoroncus''
Balzan, 1887
* ''
Mahnertius''
Harvey & Muchmore, 2013
* ''
Muchmoreus''
Harvey, 2013
* ''
Nannoroncus''
Beier, 1955
* ''
Negroroncus''
Beier, 1931
* ''
Pseudalbiorix''
Harvey, Barba, Muchmore & Pérez, 2007
* ''
Shravana
Shravana is the 22nd ''nakshatra'' (Devanagari नक्षत्र) or ''lunar mansion'' as used in Hindu astronomy, Hindu calendar and Hindu astrology. It belongs to the constellation Makara (Devanagari: मकर), a legendary sea creature re ...
''
Chamberlin, 1930
* ''
Sironcus''
Harvey, 2016
* ''
Typhloroncus''
Muchmore, 1979
* ''
Xorilbia''
Harvey & Mahnert, 2006
A fossil genus, ''
Proalbiorix'' is known from the
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...
aged
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
of Myanmar, which has close affinities with African and New World rather than Asian genera.
References
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Pseudoscorpions
Arachnid families