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Pseudoscorpions are small arachnids, which vary in length between 0.5 and 10.0 mm, they inhabit all terrestrial ecosystems, except in polar areas, they are relatively more abundant in the tropics and subtropics, while some species exhibit a circumpolar distribution.

Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan, 1888); Atemnidae.

Pseudoscorpion species thrive in leaf litter, under rocks, under decaying tree bark and trunks, and in forests in tropical and temperate regions, as well as intertidal microhabitats, they are associated with many microhabitats such as guano de bat, ant and bee nests and different parts of plants and are known to take refuge in the nests of birds, insects and mammals .

Nest of Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan, 1888); Atemnidae.

Photo: E. Bedoya-Roqueme.

Pachyolpium irmgardae Mahnert, 1979; Hesperolpiidae.

Photo: E. Bedoya-Roqueme.

The fossil origin of pseudoscorpions dates from the mid-Devonian, and their fossil records are estimated at 390 million years ago. Currently, this mesodiverse order of arachnids, comprises 4,081 species and 476 genera, belongs to 25 existing families and 1 extinct family, with 49 known species.

Families reported for the department of Córdoba

Atemnidae

Cheiridiidae

Chernetidae

Chthoniidae

Garypinidae

Hesperolpiidae

Syarinidae

Withiidae