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With a body size decreased to less than 1 cm the Pseudoscorpiones are basically limited to crevices in soil with high humidity. However, a wide range of varying land biotopes have been colonized down to the tidal zones of marine beaches. Among the ca. 30 species found in Germany, there are a number of so-called synanthropic species. As predators the Pseudoscorpiones can even find suitable prey in dusty libraries, which has given the cosmopolitan species Chelifer cancroides the charming name of the book scorpion.
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Ax, P. (2000). Pseudoscorpiones — Solifugae. In: Multicellular Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10396-8_34
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