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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Order Schizomida - Short-tailed Whipscorpions

Hubbardia pentapeltis - male Insect - Hubbardia belkini - male Insect - Hubbardia belkini - male Unknown, in rotting log Stenochrus portoricensis? - female Stenochrus portoricensis? - female Stenochrus portoricensis? - female short-tailed whipscorpion
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Schizomida (Short-tailed Whipscorpions)
Explanation of Names
Schizomida Petrunkevitch 1945
Numbers
~300 spp. total
Size
most are <5 mm