Protochelifer australis

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Protochelifer australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Cheliferidae
Genus: Protochelifer
Species:
P. australis
Binomial name
Protochelifer australis
(Tubb, 1937)[1]
Synonyms
  • Idiochelifer australis Tubb, 1937

Protochelifer australis is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Cheliferidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1937 by Australian zoologist Alan Tubb.[1][2]

The body length of a female syntype is 3.8 mm. The colour of the female is mainly dark brown, the legs and pedipalps paler; that of a male nearly black, legs and pedipalps light brown.[1]

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