Neobisium carcinoides

Description

The cephalothorax and opisthosoma are a deep olive, the former with a reddish tinge; the pedipalps reddish-brown; length of body: 1.7 to 3.0 mm. Relatively smaller mouth parts (c.f. Chthonius); strongly curved claws. N. carcinoides specifically (c.f. other Neobisium spp.) because of the dull-dull-sharp pattern of the teeth on the claws. 

Similar Species

Other pseudoscorpions.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

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Habitat

Found in many habitats including woods, moors, heaths, dunes, salt marshes and grassland where it occurs in decaying vegetation, moss, beneath stones, in soil and more rarely under tree bark and in birds’ nests.

When to see it

Year round.

UK Status

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain where it is the most common pseudoscorpion.

VC55 Status

Not well recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Species profile

Common names
Common Neobisid
Species group:
Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Pseudoscorpiones
Family:
Neobisiidae
Records on NatureSpot:
10
First record:
19/11/2019 (Cann, Alan)
Last record:
17/10/2023 (Cann, Alan)

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