''Synsphyronus viridis'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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 ...

in the

Garypidae Garypidae is a family of pseudoscorpions, first described by Eugène Simon in 1879. Genera , the ''World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog'' accepts the following eleven genera: * '' Ammogarypus'' Beier, 1962 * '' Anagarypus'' Chamberlin, 1930 * '' Anc ...

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. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to Australia. It was described in 1937 by Australian

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Alan Tubb.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

. The type (and only known) locality is

Lady Julia Percy Island Lady Julia Percy Island, known as ''Deen Maar'' or ''Dhinmar'' in the Gunditjmara language, lies off the coast, in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia in Bass Strait. The island is an unincorporated area under the direct admin ...

Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The ...

, where it was found beneath stones near Seal Bay.

Behaviour

The pseudoscorpions are

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predators Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...

References

viridis Endemic fauna of Australia Pseudoscorpions of Australia Arthropods of Victoria (state) Animals described in 1937 Taxa named by John Alan Tubb {{pseudoscorpion-stub