CHAPTER VII 



FALSE-SCORPIONS 



Classification and distribution 



The order Pseudoscorpiones, Chelonethi or Chernetes comprises 

 small Arachnids which resemble scorpions in the form of their 

 pedipalps and of their body, except that the hind part of the ab- 

 domen is not narrow as is the post-abdomen or metasoma of scor- 



FiG. 24. Examples of False-scorpion families: 1. Chthoniidae, 



2. Neobisiidae, 3. Cheiridiidae, 4. Chemetidae, 5. Cheliferidae. 



(After various authors.) 



pions and they have no caudal sting. The dorsal surface of the 

 prosoma or cephalothorax is formed of a large sclerite bearing the 

 eyes, when these are present, and six pairs of appendages: the 



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