† Dracochelidae Schawaller, Shear and Bonamo, 1991

Family

The Dracochelidae was proposed for Dracochela deprehendor.

Composition

The family contains a single genus and species, Dracochela deprehendor.

Distribution

Dracochela deprehendor is known from several nymphal specimens found within shales of the Gilboa formation of New York. They are Middle Devonian in age

Important References

Schawaller, W., Shear, W.A. and Bonamo, P.M. (1991). The first Paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). American Museum Novitates 3009: 1-24.

References

Dracochelidae Schawaller, Shear and Bonamo, 1991: 3; Harvey, 1992c: 1402.