Xenolpium is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the Olpiidae family, with species found on various Indian Ocean islands and in Australasia. It was described in 1930 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Olpiidae |
| Genus: | Xenolpium Chamberlin, 1930[1] |
| Type species | |
| Olpium pacificum With, 1907
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Species
editThe genus contains the following species:[2]
- Xenolpium insulare Beier, 1940
- Xenolpium longiventer (L. Koch and Keyserling, 1886)
- Xenolpium madagascariense (Beier, 1931)
- Xenolpium pacificum (With, 1907)
- Xenolpium pacificum pacificum (With, 1907)
- Xenolpium pacificum norfolkense Beier, 1976
References
edit- ^ a b Chamberlin, JC (1930). "A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (10) 5 (25): 1–48, 585–620 [600]. doi:10.1080/00222933008673104.
- ^ a b "Genus: Xenolpium Chamberlin, 1930". World Arachnida Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Genus Xenolpium Chamberlin, 1930". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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