''Tyrannochthonius norfolkensis'' is a species of pseudoscorpion in the

Chthoniidae Chthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Chthonioidea. The family contains more than 600 species in about 30 genera. Fossil species are known from Baltic, Dominican, and Burmese amber.Biology Catalog Chthoniidae now inc ...

family. It was described in 1976 by Austrian arachnologist

Max Beier Max Beier (6 April 1903 in Spittal an der Drau – 4 July 1979 in Vienna) was an Austrian arachnologist and entomologist. He studied zoology at the University of Vienna, and obtained his doctorate there in 1927. He took up a post at the Natural H ...

Description

The body length of males is 1.2 mm; that of females is 1.3-1.55 mm. The colour is brown.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in New Zealand as well as on

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...

, an Australian territory in the south-west Pacific Ocean, where it inhabits plant litter. The

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is Mount Pitt on Norfolk Island.

Behaviour

The arachnids are terrestrial predators.

References

norfolkensis Pseudoscorpions of Australia Arachnids of New Zealand Fauna of Norfolk Island Animals described in 1976 Taxa named by Max Beier {{pseudoscorpion-stub