Geogarypus longidigitatus

Geogarypus longidigitatus · Order: Pseudoscorpiones · Family: Geogarypidae

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Geogarypus longidigitatus
Photo: 張家瑜, CC BY

It lives in leaf litter, soil, under bark and stones. It is found across tropical and subtropical parts of Oceania and Southeast Asia. It hunts other tiny creatures as a terrestrial predator.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found in plant litter, soil, beneath bark and stones.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

A terrestrial predator that feeds on other small arthropods.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Hawaii.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

More photos

Geogarypus longidigitatus photo 3
Photo: 張家瑜, CC BY

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geogarypus_longidigitatus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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