Afrosternophorus nanus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Sternophoridae family.
The specific epithet nanus (Latin: 'dwarf') refers to the small size of the species.
[1][2] Body lengths of males are 1.6–1.7 mm; those of females are unknown.
[1] The species occurs in the Top End of the Northern Territory.
The pseudoscorpion specimens were found under eucalypt bark.