Sternophoridae Explained

The Sternophoridae are a family of pseudoscorpions with about 20 described species in three genera. While Afrosternophorus is an Old World genus, found mainly in Australasia (with, despite its name, only one African species), the other two genera are found in the New World, from El Salvador to the southern USA and in the Dominican Republic.

Genera

, the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following three genera:^[1]

• Afrosternophorus Beier, 1967
• Garyops Banks, 1909
• Idiogaryops Hoff, 1963

References

1. Web site: 2023 . Sternophoridae Chamberlin, 1923 . 15 October 2023 . World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.