Garypus malgaryungu

Garypus malgaryungu is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It was described in 2020 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey. The specific epithet malgaryungu refers to the type locality.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in coastal northern Australia. The type locality is Malgaryungu, a coastal lagoon in east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, where the holotype was found on driftwood. A paratype specimen has also been obtained from a rotting driftwood log at Boydong Island in the Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands National Park at the northern end of the Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland.