is diagnostic - pronotum with sides arcuate, mandibles pointed forward (not downward) and antenna inserted from projection.

Sorry... what I posted is all I've got. There's not much to the dorsal view that can't be seen here in this particular specimen, but next time around I'll do a straight dorsal for the site. Most of what I put here is low-rez versions of stuff I shoot for professional purposes, and dorsal views aren't popular with drably-colored insects so I usually don't do them. I'll do 'em for this site, though. It's been a huge help to me in the last year or so.

I hadn't known much about pseudoscorpions before, and now I'm fascinated. They've got chelicerae modified into pincers, like true scorpions, but that are connected to venom glands, like spiders. They seem like they could be a sort of link between the Araneae and Scorponida in that sense. Amazing, the little details we overlook in everyday life when it's the details that make it so interesting!

I know what you mean about dorsal shots not exciting customers. I live for the shots of impressive features and interesting behavior in a natural setting, but I'm working on a database of New Hampshire beetles that will be used to find the identity of the beetle in hand (or jar), and for that, a dorsal view is almost always important. Often, the *shape* of the elytra is the best way to distinguish between species. This site is similar in purpose, so I try to post views that will be most helpful in ID work.

The pseudoscorpion/longhorn relationship is an example of interspecies dependency that I find very intiguing as well -- like the dung & carrion beetles and their mites.

I'd already written a guide for this species, trying to differentiate from Stenodontes. I've moved your photos to the species level, and added a common name, hope you don't mind.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina

Nope, I don't mind at all. Thanks for letting me know.