Pseudoscorpions of the World

Last updated: 19 January 2009

Version 1.2, 2009

Family PSEUDOGARYPIDAE Chamberlin

Pseudogarypinae Chamberlin, 1923a: 161.

Pseudogarypidae Chamberlin: Chamberlin, 1931a: 230; Beier, 1932a: 239; Beier, 1932g: 185; Roewer, 1937: 271; Petrunkevitch, 1955: 82; Dubinin, 1962: 442; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978b: 82-85; Muchmore, 1982a: 99; Harvey, 1985b: 150; Harvey, 1991a: 232; Harvey, 1992c: 1405-1406.

Genus Neopseudogarypus Morris

Neopseudogarypus Morris, 1948b: 43; Harvey, 1991a: 232; Harvey, 1996a: 257-258.

 

Type species: Neopseudogarypus scutellatus J.C.H. Morris, 1948b, by original designation.

Distribution: AUSTRALIA: Tasmania.

Neopseudogarypus scutellatus J.C.H. Morris

Neopseudogarypus scutellatus J.C.H. Morris, 1948b: 44-46, figs 1-20; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978b: 83, 85, figs 1-3; Harvey, 1981a: 244; Harvey, 1985b: 150; Harvey, 1991a: 232; Harvey, 1992c: figs 48-57; Judson, 1997a: 39.

 

Type locality: near Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Distribution: Australia (Tasmania).

Genus Pseudogarypus Ellingsen

Pseudogarypus Ellingsen, 1909b: 217-218; Chamberlin, 1931a: 231; Beier, 1932a: 239; Hoff, 1961: 442-443; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978b: 85-89; Harvey, 1991a: 232.

Cerogarypus Jacot, 1938: 301 (synonymised by Benedict and Malcolm, 1978b: 85).

 

Type species: of Pseudogarypus: Garypus bicornis Banks, 1895a, by original designation.

of Cerogarypus: Cerogarypus agassizi Jacot, 1938 (junior synonym of Pseudogarypus bicornis (Banks, 1895a)) by original designation.

Distribution: EUROPE: Baltic Amber [Eocene].

NORTH AMERICA: Canada; U.S.A.

Pseudogarypus banksi Jacot

Pseudogarypus banksi Jacot, 1938: 302-303, figs c, e; Hoff, 1958: 18; Weygoldt, 1969a: 119; Weygoldt, 1970a: 242, figs 7a-b; Weygoldt, 1971: 22-24, figs 35-36; Muchmore, 1973g: 123; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978b: 92-95, figs 4, 8-10, 14-20; Schaller, 1979: plate 10.III fig. 4; D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086; Sharkey, 1987: 17; Muchmore, 1990a: 509, fig. 18.51; Weygoldt, 1990: fig. 7A7; Harvey, 1991a: 233; Judson, 1993b: fig. 1; Austin, Gibson and Harvey, 1998: 345, 346; Buddle, 2005: 15.

Pseudogarypus hesperus Chamberlin: Manley, 1969: 7, fig. 6 (misidentification).

Pseudogarypus sp.: Nelson, 1975: 283, figs 32-34.

 

Type locality: Gale River Experimental Forest, Pierce Bridge, Grafton County, New Hampshire, U.S.A.

Distribution: Canada (Nova Scotia, Quebec); U.S.A. (Michigan, New Hampshire, New York).

Pseudogarypus bicornis (Banks)

Garypus bicornis Banks, 1895a: 8-9; Coolidge, 1908: 112.

Pseudogarypus bicornis (Banks): Ellingsen, 1909b: 218; Banks, 1911: 637; Moles and Moore, 1921: 8; Chamberlin, 1923a: 162-166, figs 1-22; Chamberlin, 1931a: 231, 232, figs 6e, 9l, 9n, 11c, 14e, 15q, 18b, 24d, 29j, 38k, 41a-d, 42k-l, 51a-b; Beier, 1932a: 239-240, figs 266-267; Roewer, 1936: figs 81, 87, 138; Roewer, 1937: 271; Hoff, 1946d: 198-200, figs 4-5; Hoff, 1958: 17-18; Hoff, 1961: 443-444; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978b: 95-100, figs 6, 11, 21-23; Papp, 1978: 325; D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086; Harvey, 1991a: 233.

Cerogarypus agassizi Jacot, 1938: 301; Hoff, 1958: 18 (synonymised by Benedict and Malcolm, 1978b: 95).

 

Type locality: of Garypus bicornis: Specimen Ridge, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, U.S.A.

of Cerogarypus agassizi: Bear Lake, Rich County, Utah, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming).

† Pseudogarypus extensus Beier

Pseudogarypus extensus Beier, 1937d: 306-307, fig. 7; Roewer, 1940: 331; Schawaller, 1978: 3; Harvey, 1991a: 233; Selden, 1993b: 304.

 

Type locality: Baltic Amber (Eocene).

Distribution: Baltic Amber (Eocene).

† Pseudogarypus hemprichii (C.L. Koch and Berendt)

Chelifer hemprichii C.L. Koch and Berendt, 1854: 94-95, fig. 94; Menge, 1855: 34, plate 4 fig. 8; Hagen, 1870: 266; Scudder, 1891: 255 (as Chelifer hemprichi); Zittel, 1900: fig. 1426; Zittel, 1924: fig. 1424 (as Chelifer hemprichti [sic]); Beier, 1932e: 278.

Pseudogarypus hemprichii (C.L. Koch and Berendt): Beier, 1937d: 306, fig. 6; Roewer, 1940: 331; Petrunkevitch, 1955: fig. 49(3); Dubinin, 1962: fig. 1280; Schawaller, 1978: 3; Harvey, 1991a: 233; Selden, 1993b: 304.

 

Type locality: Baltic Amber (Eocene).

Distribution: Baltic Amber (Eocene).

Pseudogarypus hesperus Chamberlin

Pseudogarypus hesperus Chamberlin, 1931a: 232, figs 20b, 21h, 26d, 38a-b, 63; Beier, 1932a: 240; Beier, 1932g: fig. 259; Roewer, 1936: fig. 9; Roewer, 1937: 271; Vachon, 1949: figs 199d, 240; Hoff, 1958: 18; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978b: 100-103, figs 5, 12-13, 24-29; D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086; Harvey, 1991a: 233.

Not Pseudogarypus hesperus Chamberlin: Manley, 1969: 7, fig. 6 (misidentification; see Pseudogarypus banksi Jacot).

 

Type locality: Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (Oregon, Washington).

Pseudogarypus hypogeus Muchmore

Pseudogarypus sp.: Welbourn, 1979: 390.

Pseudogarypus hypogeus Muchmore, 1981a: 59-60, figs 15-16; Harvey, 1991a: 234.

 

Type locality: Doney Fissure, Wupatki National Monument, Coconino County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (Arizona).

† Pseudogarypus minor Beier

Pseudogarypus minor Beier, 1947e: 193-194, figs 1-2; Schawaller, 1978: 3; Harvey, 1991a: 234; Selden, 1993b: 304.

 

Type locality: Baltic Amber (Eocene).

Distribution: Baltic Amber (Eocene).

Pseudogarypus orpheus Muchmore

Pseudogarypus orpheus Muchmore, 1981a: 56-59, figs 13-14; Drewry, 1989: 566; Harvey, 1991a: 234.

 

Type locality: Music Hall Cave, 5 miles E. of Parrots Ferry, Calaveras County, California, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (California).

† Pseudogarypus pangaea Henderickx

Pseudogarypus pangaea Henderickx, in Henderickx, Cnudde, Masschaele, Dierick, Vlassenbroeck and van Hoorebeke, 2006: 43-49, figs 1-12.

 

Type locality: Jantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia, Baltic Amber (Eocene).

Distribution: Russia, Baltic Amber (Eocene).

Pseudogarypus spelaeus Benedict and Malcolm

Pseudogarypus spelaeus Benedict and Malcolm, 1978b: 103, figs 7, 30-32; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978c: 91; D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086; Harvey, 1991a: 234.

 

Type locality: Samwell Cave, approx. 20 miles NE. of Redding, Shasta County, California, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (California).

CATALOGUE

 

Family Pseudogarypidae Chamberlin 1923