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Definition of Chelifer cancroides
1. Noun. Minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers.
Generic synonyms: False Scorpion, Pseudoscorpion
Group relationships: Chelifer, Genus Chelifer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chelifer Cancroides
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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