Schizomida, the Glossary
Schizomida, also known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions, is an order of arachnids, generally less than in length.[1]
Table of Contents
62 relations: Africa, Afrozomus machadoi, Agastoschizomus, Alexander Petrunkevitch, Amblypygi, Ant, Arachnid, Australia, Book lung, Botanical garden, Burmese amber, Calcitronidae, California, Carboniferous, Central America, Cephalothorax, Chyme, Clade, Cockroach, Cretaceous, Desiccation, Draculoides vinei, E. O. Wilson, Europe, Family (biology), Flagellum, Hubbardia, Hubbardia pentapeltis, Hubbardiidae, Humidity, India, Isopoda, List of islands in the Pacific Ocean, List of troglobites, Mexico, Millipede, Molecular clock, Nematode, Opisthosoma, Order (biology), Pangaea, Parasitism, Pedipalp, Peltidium, Plant litter, Protoschizomus, Psocoptera, Pygidium, Rainforest, Solifugae, ... Expand index (12 more) »
- Arachnid orders
- Taxa named by Alexander Petrunkevitch
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Afrozomus machadoi
Afrozomus machadoi is a species of arachnid belonging to the family Hubbardiidae in the order Schizomida, which are commonly known as short-tailed whip scorpions.
See Schizomida and Afrozomus machadoi
Agastoschizomus
Agastoschizomus is a genus of protoschizomid short-tailed whipscorpions, first described by Jon Mark Rowland in 1971.
See Schizomida and Agastoschizomus
Alexander Petrunkevitch
Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (Russian: Александр Иванович Петрункевич, December 22, 1875 in Plysky near Kyiv, now Ukraine – March 9, 1964 in New Haven) was a Russian arachnologist.
See Schizomida and Alexander Petrunkevitch
Amblypygi
Amblypygi is an order of arachnids also known as whip spiders or tailless whip scorpions, not to be confused with whip scorpions or vinegaroons that belong to the related order Thelyphonida. Schizomida and Amblypygi are arachnid orders.
Ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.
Arachnid
Arachnids are arthropods in the class Arachnida of the subphylum Chelicerata.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Book lung
A book lung is a type of respiration organ used for atmospheric gas exchange that is present in many arachnids, such as scorpions and spiders.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms botanic and botanical and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens.
See Schizomida and Botanical garden
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar.
See Schizomida and Burmese amber
Calcitronidae
The family Calcitronidae is an extinct group of arachnids.
See Schizomida and Calcitronidae
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.
See Schizomida and Carboniferous
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America.
See Schizomida and Central America
Cephalothorax
The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind.
See Schizomida and Cephalothorax
Chyme
Chyme or chymus (from Greek χυμός khymos, "juice") is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by the stomach, through the pyloric valve, into the duodenum (the beginning of the small intestine).
Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
Cockroach
Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects belonging to the order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known pests. The cockroaches are an ancient group, with their ancestors, known as "roachoids", originating during the Carboniferous period, some 320 million years ago.
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
Desiccation
Desiccation is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying.
See Schizomida and Desiccation
Draculoides vinei
Draculoides vinei is a species of schizomid arachnids (commonly known as short-tailed whip-scorpions) in the Hubbardiidae family.
See Schizomida and Draculoides vinei
E. O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson (June 10, 1929 – December 26, 2021) was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist known for developing the field of sociobiology.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
See Schizomida and Family (biology)
Flagellum
A flagellum (flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores (zoospores), and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility.
Hubbardia
Hubbardia is a genus in the grass family that is endemic to India.
Hubbardia pentapeltis
Hubbardia pentapeltis is a species of short-tailed whipscorpion in the family Hubbardiidae.
See Schizomida and Hubbardia pentapeltis
Hubbardiidae
Hubbardiidae is a family of arachnids, superficially resembling spiders.
See Schizomida and Hubbardiidae
Humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Isopoda
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans.
List of islands in the Pacific Ocean
The Pacific islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean.
See Schizomida and List of islands in the Pacific Ocean
List of troglobites
A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves.
See Schizomida and List of troglobites
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Millipede
Millipedes (originating from the Latin mille, "thousand", and pes, "foot") are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature.
Molecular clock
The molecular clock is a figurative term for a technique that uses the mutation rate of biomolecules to deduce the time in prehistory when two or more life forms diverged.
See Schizomida and Molecular clock
Nematode
The nematodes (or; Νηματώδη; Nematoda), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda.
Opisthosoma
The opisthosoma is the posterior part of the body in some arthropods, behind the prosoma (cephalothorax).
See Schizomida and Opisthosoma
Order (biology)
Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
See Schizomida and Order (biology)
Pangaea
Pangaea or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
Parasitism
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
Pedipalp
Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the secondary pair of forward appendages among chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.
Peltidium
Peltidium is a prodorsal shield found in animals of the Subphylum Chelicerata, in the Phylum Arthropoda.
Plant litter
Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground.
See Schizomida and Plant litter
Protoschizomus
Protoschizomus is a genus of protoschizomid short-tailed whipscorpions, first described by Jon Mark Rowland in 1975.
See Schizomida and Protoschizomus
Psocoptera
Psocoptera are a paraphyletic group of insects that are commonly known as booklice, barklice or barkflies.
Pygidium
The pygidium (pygidia) is the posterior body part or shield of crustaceans and some other arthropods, such as insects and the extinct trilobites.
Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire.
Solifugae
Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges. Schizomida and Solifugae are arachnid orders.
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
See Schizomida and South America
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.
See Schizomida and Southeast Asia
Spider anatomy
The anatomy of spiders includes many characteristics shared with other arachnids.
See Schizomida and Spider anatomy
Springtail
Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects (the other two are the Protura and Diplura).
Stenochrus portoricensis
Stenochrus portoricensis is a species of arachnid belonging to the family Hubbardiidae in the order Schizomida, which are commonly known as short-tailed whip scorpions.
See Schizomida and Stenochrus portoricensis
Systematic review
A systematic review is a scholarly synthesis of the evidence on a clearly presented topic using critical methods to identify, define and assess research on the topic.
See Schizomida and Systematic review
Termite
Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a wide variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus.
Tetrapulmonata
Tetrapulmonata is a non-ranked supra-ordinal clade of arachnids.
See Schizomida and Tetrapulmonata
Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
Uropygi
Uropygi is an arachnid order comprising invertebrates commonly known as whip scorpions or vinegaroons (also spelled vinegarroons and vinegarones). Schizomida and Uropygi are arachnid orders.
Worm
Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and usually no eyes.
Zoraptera
The insect order Zoraptera, commonly known as angel insects, contains small and soft bodied insects with two forms: winged with wings sheddable as in termites, dark and with eyes (compound) and ocelli (simple); or wingless, pale and without eyes or ocelli.
See also
Arachnid orders
- Amblypygi
- Holothyrida
- Mesostigmata
- Opilioacaridae
- Opiliones
- Oribatida
- Palpigradi
- Parasitiformes
- Phalangiotarbida
- Phrynidae
- Ricinulei
- Sarcoptiformes
- Schizomida
- Solifugae
- Trigonotarbida
- Trombidiformes
- Uropygi
Taxa named by Alexander Petrunkevitch
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizomida
Also known as Schizomid, Schizomids, Shorttailed whipscorpion.
, South America, Southeast Asia, Spider anatomy, Springtail, Stenochrus portoricensis, Systematic review, Termite, Tetrapulmonata, Texas, Uropygi, Worm, Zoraptera.