{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Cryptocheiridium | authority = Chamberlin, 1931<ref name="chamberlin1931">{{cite journal |last1=Chamberlin|first1=JC | date=1931 |title= The arachnid order Chelonethida|url= |journal= Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences|volume=7 |issue= |pages=1–284 [238]|doi= |access-date= }}</ref> | type_species = ''Cheiridium subtropicum'' | type_species_authority = Tullgren, 1907 | synonyms = }} '''''Cryptocheiridium''''' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the Cheiridiidae family. It was described in 1931 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin.<ref name="chamberlin1931"/><ref name="wac"/><ref name="afd-g">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ac87e0d9-b879-42a6-9df1-f3949b878c69|title= Genus Cryptocheiridium Chamberlin, 1931|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-22}}</ref> ==Species== The genus contains the following species:<ref name="wac">{{cite web |author= |year=2023 |title= Cryptocheiridium Chamberlin, 1931 |work=World Arachnida Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|accessdate= 2023-11-22|url= https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/species/577}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Cryptocheiridium australicum'' <small>Beier, 1969</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium confundens'' <small>Mahnert, 2014</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium elegans'' <small>Dumitresco & Orghidan, 1981</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium elgonense'' <small>Beier, 1955</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium formosanum'' <small>(Ellingsen, 1912)</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium insulare'' <small>(Vitali-di Castri, 1984)</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium kivuense'' <small>Beier, 1959</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium lucifugum'' <small>Beier, 1963</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium mairae'' <small>Bedoya, Bedoya & Quiros, 2015</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium philippinum'' <small>Beier, 1977</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium salomonense'' <small>Beier, 1970</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium somalicum'' <small>Callaini, 1985</small> * ''Cryptocheiridium subtropicum'' <small>(Tullgren, 1907)</small> {{div col end}} ===Fossil species=== * †''Cryptocheiridium antiquum'' <small>Schawaller, 1981</small> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q10462267}} {{Authority control}} Category:Cheiridiidae Category:Pseudoscorpion genera Category:Taxa described in 1931 Category:Taxa named by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}