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title: "House Pseudoscorpion"
description: "Chelifer cancroides — Insetti e ragni. Chelifer cancroides, the house pseudoscorpion, is a species of pseudoscorpion."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/house-pseudoscorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# House Pseudoscorpion

> Chelifer cancroides — Insetti e ragni. Chelifer cancroides, the house pseudoscorpion, is a species of pseudoscorpion.

- Scientific name: *Chelifer cancroides*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 3926
- Wikidata: [Q937723](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937723)
- iNaturalist taxon: [409775](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/409775)

## Names

- en: House Pseudoscorpion
- de: Bücherskorpion
- fr: Scorpion des livres
- pl: Zaleszczotek książkowy

## Countries with the most observations

CA (541), US (539), FI (63), AT (54), CZ (52), DE (50), SE (44), PL (37), RU (25), FR (22), LT (16), NO (16)

## Summary

Chelifer cancroides, the house pseudoscorpion, is a species of pseudoscorpion. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, and is mostly synanthropic and harmless to humans.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelifer_cancroides

## Photo

![House Pseudoscorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/house-pseudoscorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: cgmayers · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83340006

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/house-pseudoscorpion?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).