{{Short description|Species of pseudoscorpion}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = | status = | status_system = | status_ref = | genus = Synsphyronus | species = tenuis | authority = Harvey, 2022<ref name="harvey2022">{{cite journal |last1=Harvey|first1=MS | date=2022 |title= Three new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Synsphyronus (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypidae) from semi-arid Western Australia|url=https://www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/_files/ugd/173494_c4dd3819672b416fb0372a1cd8e32118.pdf |journal= Australian Journal of Taxonomy|volume=6 |issue= |pages=1–15 [10] |doi=10.54102/ajt.4cgrn |access-date=2023-10-29}}</ref> | synonyms = }} '''''Synsphyronus tenuis''''' is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2022 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey. The specific epithet ''tenuis'' (Latin: 'thin') refers to the species’ extremely slender appendages.<ref name="harvey2022"/><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/eb9ec04b-80fe-4652-8c2f-33076ff52a5d|title= Species Synsphyronus tenuis Harvey, 2022|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-10-29}}</ref> ==Description== Body lengths of males are 3.44–3.74 mm; those of females 3.66–4.29 mm. Colouration is generally yellowish-brown.<ref name="harvey2022"/> ==Distribution and habitat== The species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion. The type locality is Kalbarri National Park, where the pseudoscorpions were found beneath sandstone rocks.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="harvey2022"/> ==Behaviour== The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="harvey2022"/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q114244376}} tenuis Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Pseudoscorpions of Australia Category:Arachnids of Western Australia Category:Animals described in 2022 Category:Taxa named by Mark Harvey {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}