Garypus dissitus

Garypus dissitus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It was described in 2020 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey.^[1][2]

Garypus dissitus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Pseudoscorpiones
Family:	Garypidae
Genus:	Garypus
Species:	G. dissitus
Binomial name
Garypus dissitus Harvey, 2020[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. The type locality is West Island, where the holotype was found in the hollow branch of a dead standing tree on the beach.^[2]

References

1. Harvey, MS; Hillyer, MJ; Carvajal, JI; Huey, JA (2020). "Supralittoral pseudoscorpions of the genus Garypus (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypidae) from the Indo-West Pacific region, with a review of the subfamily classification of Garypidae". Invertebrate Systematics. 34: 34–87 [47]. doi:10.1071/IS19029.
2. "Species Garypus dissitus Harvey, 2020". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-19.