Dracochela
Dracochela is an extinct genus of pseudoscorpions.
| Dracochela Temporal range: Devonian | |
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| Family: | Dracochelidae Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 |
| Genus: | Dracochela Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 |
| Species: | D. deprehendor |
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| Dracochela deprehendor Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 | |
Dracochela deprehendor is a fossil stem group species of pseudoscorpion, though lacking a spinneret on the chelicera. It was found in a mid-Devonian (Givetian–Eifelian) stratum of New York State. Dracochela signifies 'dragon claw".
References
- Schawaller, Wolfgang; Shear, William A. & Bonamo, Patricia M. (1991): The first Paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). American Museum Novitates 3009. Abstract - PDF
- Judson, Mark L.I. (2012). "Reinterpretation of Dracochela deprehendor (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) as a stem-group pseudoscorpion" Palaeontology, 55.2 (March 2012) pages 261–283, redescribes the type material and an addition palpal fragment.
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