Definition of Chelifer cancroides

1. Noun. Minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers.

Exact synonyms: Book Scorpion
Generic synonyms: False Scorpion, Pseudoscorpion
Group relationships: Chelifer, Genus Chelifer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chelifer Cancroides

Cheilanthes gracillima
Cheilanthes lanosa
Cheiranthus
Cheiranthus allionii
Cheiranthus asperus
Cheiranthus cheiri
Cheka
Chekhov
Chekhov's gun
Chekhovian
Chekov
Chelicerata
Chelidonium
Chelidonium majus
Chelifer
Chelifer cancroides
Chelm
Chelone
Chelone glabra
Chelonethida
Chelonia mydas
Chelonidae
Cheloniidae
Chelosauria lovelli
Chelsea
Chelsea pensioner
Chelsea pensioners
Chelsea tractor

Literary usage of Chelifer cancroides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1834)
"chelifer cancroides. (V. 75*.) — A fly (Musca domestica) was yesterday produced to me, to one of whose legs were affixed four specimens of ..."

2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1871)
"chelifer cancroides.—By this post I forward you a singular little animal, which I found ... The little animal is chelifer cancroides. Gall on the Poplar. ..."

3. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"... for the most part under stones and the bark of trees, or hidden in moss or vegetable rubbish; only two European species, namely, chelifer cancroides and ..."

4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1908)
"The two species mentioned above are the following : chelifer cancroides, L. Canada : Ottawa, 8 specimens, $ and V, taken in buildings (J. Fletcher). ..."

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