Olpiidae

{{Short description|Family of pseudoscorpions}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}}

| image = Olpium_pallipes.jpg

| taxon = Olpiidae

| authority = Banks, 1895

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Olpiidae is a family of pseudoscorpions in the superfamily Garypoidea. It contains the following genera:{{ITIS |id=198740 |taxon=Olpiidae Banks, 1895 |accessdate=October 30, 2012}}

Distribution and Habitat

They occur in a wide variety of microhabitats, including litter, soil, moss, under stones or in decaying logs, and they inhabit all terrestrial ecosystems except the Polar regions.{{Cite journal |last=Romero-Ortiz |first=Catalina |first2=Flórez D. ,Eduardo |last3=and Sarmiento |first3=Carlos E. |date=2020-04-17 |title=Assessment of morphometric characters to delimit species of Apolpium Chamberlin, 1930 (Pseudoscorpiones, Olpiidae) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2020.1781273 |journal=Journal of Natural History |volume=54 |issue=15-16 |pages=1025–1043 |doi=10.1080/00222933.2020.1781273 |issn=0022-2933|url-access=subscription }}

Genus

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References

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