Chelifer cancroides: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Chelifer cancroides Chelifer cancroides

Where the chelifer cancroides lives – recorded in 10 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 787 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See spiders, scorpions & other arachnids on the world map

Scientific name	Chelifer cancroides
Group	Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids
Found in	10 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Arachnid
Order	Pseudoscorpiones
Family	Cheliferidae

Where does the chelifer cancroides live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the chelifer cancroides in 10 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the chelifer cancroides?

The chelifer cancroides (Chelifer cancroides) is an arachnid in the order Pseudoscorpiones and the family Cheliferidae, genus Chelifer. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the chelifer cancroides

Chelifer cancroides, the house pseudoscorpion, is a species of pseudoscorpion. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, and is mostly synanthropic and harmless to humans.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chelifer cancroides (revision 1380824888), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q937723 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).