''Garypus'' is a genus of
pseudoscorpion
Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans bec ...
s in the family
Garypidae. It was described by German
arachnologist
Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly ...
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...
in 1873. The species are found mainly in tropical and subtropical areas, where they occupy
supralittoral
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and
littoral zone
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s in seashore habitats.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
* ''
Garypus armeniacus''
Redikorzev, 1926
* ''
Garypus beauvoisii''
(Audouin, 1826)
* ''
Garypus bonairensis''
Beier, 1936
* ''
Garypus californicus''
Banks, 1909
* ''
Garypus darsahensis''
Mahnert, 2007
* ''
Garypus decolor''
Muchmore, 1991
* ''
Garypus dissitus''
Harvey, 2020
* ''
Garypus floridensis''
Banks, 1895
* ''
Garypus giganteus''
Chamberlin, 1921
* ''
Garypus gracilis''
V. F. Lee, 1979
* ''
Garypus granosus''
Mahnert, 2014
* ''
Garypus insularis''
Tullgren, 1907
* ''
Garypus krusadiensis''
Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977
* ''
Garypus latens''
Harvey, 2020
* ''
Garypus levantinus''
Navás, 1925
* ''
Garypus longidigitus''
Hoff, 1947
* ''
Garypus maldivensis''
Pocock, 1904
* ''
Garypus malgaryungu''
Harvey, 2020
* ''
Garypus marmoratus''
Mahnert, 1982
* ''
Garypus necopinus''
Harvey, 2020
* ''
Garypus nicobarensis''
Beier, 1930
* ''
Garypus occultus''
Mahnert, 1982
* ''
Garypus ornatus''
Beier, 1957
* ''
Garypus pallidus''
Chamberlin, 1923
* ''
Garypus postlei''
Harvey, 2020
* ''
Garypus ranalliorum''
Harvey, 2020
* ''
Garypus realini''
Wagenaar-Hummelinck, 1948
* ''
Garypus reong''
Harvey, 2020
* ''
Garypus sanasai''
Lin & Chang, 2022
* ''
Garypus saxicola''
Waterhouse, 1878
** ''
Garypus saxicola salvagensis''
Helversen, 1965
** ''
Garypus saxicola saxicola''
Waterhouse, 1878
* ''
Garypus schwendingeri''
Harvey, 2021
* ''
Garypus sini''
Chamberlin, 1923
* ''
Garypus titanius
''Garypus titanius'', the giant pseudoscorpion, is the largest species of pseudoscorpion—small, scorpion-looking creatures—in the world. Critically endangered, it is restricted to Boatswain Bird Island, a small rocky island off Ascension Is ...
''
Beier, 1961
* ''
Garypus viridans''
Banks, 1909
* ''
Garypus weipa''
Harvey, 2020
* ''
Garypus wilsoni''
Lin & Chang, 2022
* ''
Garypus withi''
Hoff, 1946
* ''
Garypus yeni''
Harvey, 2020
References
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Pseudoscorpion genera
Taxa named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch