Straight-fingered Chthoniid - Chthonius orthodactylus
Body length 2 mm. Glossy yellowish-brown to reddish brown cephalothorax and opisthosoma. Eyes well developed, 6 setae on the rear edge of the head-thorax.
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Among dead leaves, moss, humus and grass tussocks.
All year round.
Scattered records in England and Wales.
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Willesley Wood
19 March 2023
AJ Cann
Willesley Wood
19 March 2023
AJ Cann
Willesley Wood
19 March 2023
AJ Cann
Willesley Wood
19 March 2023
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Species profile
- Common names
- Dark-clawed Chthonid
- Species group:
- Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Pseudoscorpiones
- Family:
- Chthoniidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 01/01/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 19/03/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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