{{Short description|Species of pseudoscorpion}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = | status = | status_system = | status_ref = | genus = Synsphyronus | species = ellenae | authority = Harvey, 2010<ref name="harvey2010">{{cite journal |last1=Harvey|first1=MS | date=2010 |title= Two new species of Synsphyronus (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypidae) from southern Western Australian granite landforms|url=https://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/RecWAMuseum_2010_26(1)_011to022_HARVEY.pdf |journal= Records of the Western Australian Museum|volume=26 |issue= |pages=11–22 [17] |doi= 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(1).2010.011-022|access-date=2023-10-28}}</ref> | synonyms = }} '''''Synsphyronus ellenae''''' is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2010 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey. The specific epithet ''ellenae'' honours the author’s daughter Ellen Harvey, who assisted in the collection of the type specimens.<ref name="harvey2010"/><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/08cc5549-5266-436f-ae87-e38ba7585044|title= Species Synsphyronus ellenae Harvey, 2010|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-10-28}}</ref> ==Description== Th body length of the male holotype is 4.03&nbsp;mm; that of a female paratype 5.38&nbsp;mm. Colouration is generally dark reddish-brown.<ref name="harvey2010"/> ==Distribution and habitat== The species occurs in south-west Western Australia. The type locality is Kokerbin Rock in the Wheatbelt region, where the pseudoscorpions were found beneath exfoliating granite rocks.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="harvey2010"/> ==Behaviour== The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="harvey2010"/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q79396558}} ellenae Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Pseudoscorpions of Australia Category:Arachnids of Western Australia Category:Animals described in 2010 Category:Taxa named by Mark Harvey {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}