Pseudoscorpions of the World

Last updated: 19 January 2009

Version 1.2, 2009
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History

 

The Dracochelidae was proposed for Dracochela deprehendor.

 

Composition

 

The family contains a single genus and species, Dracochela deprehendor.

 

Distribution

 

Dracochela deprehendor is known from several nymphal specimens found within shales of the Gilboa formation of New York. They are Middle Devonian in age.

 

Important references

 

Schawaller, W., Shear, W.A. and Bonamo, P.M. (1991). The first Paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). American Museum Novitates 3009: 1-24.

Family Dracochelidae Schawaller, Shear and Bonamo, 1991