''Lagynochthonius australicus'' is a species of pseudoscorpion in the

Chthoniidae Chthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Chthonioidea. The family contains more than 600 species in about 30 genera. Fossil species are known from Baltic, Dominican, and Burmese amber.Biology Catalog Chthoniidae now inc ...

family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1966 by Austrian arachnologist

Max Beier Max Beier (6 April 1903 in Spittal an der Drau – 4 July 1979 in Vienna) was an Austrian arachnologist and entomologist. He studied zoology at the University of Vienna, and obtained his doctorate there in 1927. He took up a post at the Natural H ...

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, where it inhabits plant litter in tall forest habitats. The

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is Denmark, some 420 km south-south-east of Perth.

Behaviour

The arachnids are terrestrial predators.

References

Chthoniidae Endemic fauna of Australia Pseudoscorpions of Australia Arthropods of Western Australia Animals described in 1966 Taxa named by Max Beier {{pseudoscorpion-stub