Pseudoscorpions of the World

Last updated: 19 January 2009

Version 1.2, 2009

Family GYMNOBISIIDAE Beier

Gymnobisiidae Beier, 1947b: 287-288; Muchmore, 1972g: 268; Muchmore, 1982a: 98; Harvey, 1991a: 312; Harvey, 1992c: 1408-1409; Harvey, 1996a: 258.

Genus Beierobisium Vitali-di Castri

Beierobisium Vitali-di Castri, 1970a: 2; Harvey, 1991a: 312.

 

Type species: Beierobisium oppositum Vitali-di Castri, 1970a, by original designation.

Distribution: SOUTH AMERICA: Falkland Islands.

Beierobisium oppositum Vitali-di Castri

Beierobisium oppositum Vitali-di Castri, 1970a: 2-7, figs 1-11; Vitali-di Castri and Castri, 1970: fig. 6; Harvey, 1991a: 312.

 

Type locality: Stanley (as Port Stanley), Falkland Islands (as Islas Malvinas).

Distribution: Falkland Islands.

Genus Gymnobisium Beier

Gymnobisium Beier, 1931c: 304; Beier, 1932a: 161-162; Beier, 1947b: 289-290; Harvey, 1991a: 312.

 

Type species: Ideobisium quadrispinosum Tullgren, 1907b, by original designation.

Distribution: AFRICA: Lesotho; South Africa.

Gymnobisium octoflagellatum Beier

Gymnobisium octoflagellatum Beier, 1947b: 291-292, fig. 4; Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 126; Harvey, 1991a: 312.

 

Type locality: Viljoenspas (as Viljoens Pass), Western Cape, South Africa.

Distribution: South Africa.

Gymnobisium quadrispinosum (Tullgren)

Ideobisium quadrispinosum Tullgren, 1907b: 230-231, figs 8a-e; Ellingsen, 1912b: 88, 118-119.

Gymnobisium quadrispinosum (Tullgren): Beier, 1931c: 304; Beier, 1932a: 162, fig. 195; Vachon, 1934i: 413; Roewer, 1937: 253; Beier, 1947b: 290-291, fig. 3; Beier, 1955l: 278; Beier, 1958a: 162; Beier, 1964k: 35; Beier, 1966k: 456, 469; Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 125-126; Vitali-di Castri and Castri, 1970: figs 1, 7; Harvey, 1991a: 312; Beron, 2002: 34.

 

Type locality: Pietermaritzburg (as Maritzburg), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Distribution: Lesotho; South Africa.

Genus Mirobisium Beier

Mirobisium Beier, 1931c: 304-305; Beier, 1932a: 169; Harvey, 1991a: 313.

 

Type species: Ideobisium cavimanum Beier, 1930a, by original designation.

Distribution: SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina; Bolivia; Chile.

Mirobisium cavimanum (Beier)

Ideobisium cavimanum Beier, 1930a: 202-204, fig. 1a-b.

Mirobisium cavimanum (Beier): Beier, 1931c: 305; Beier, 1932a: 169-170, figs 199-200; Beier, 1932g: fig. 173; Roewer, 1936: fig. 112f; Roewer, 1937: 256, fig. 213; Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 127; Harvey, 1991a: 313.

 

Type locality: Bolivia.

Distribution: Bolivia.

Mirobisium chilense Beier

Mirobisium chilense Beier, 1964b: 323-324, fig. 8; Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 127-128; Vitali-di Castri and Castri, 1970: fig. 2; Cekalovic, 1976: 17-18; Cekalovic, 1984: 12; Cekalovic, 1990: 158; Harvey, 1991a: 313.

Gymnobisium chilense magalhanicum Beier, 1964b: 322; Cekalovic, 1990: 158 (synonymised by Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 127).

 

Type locality: of Mirobisium chilense: Rio Caleta, Seno Otway, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile.

of Gymnobisium chilense magalhanicum: Punta Robles (as Los Robles), Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile.

Distribution: Chile.

Mirobisium dimorphicum Vitali-di Castri

Gymnobisium chilense Beier, 1964b: 320-321 (misidentification, in part).

Mirobisium dimorphicum Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 129; Cekalovic, 1984: 12; Harvey, 1991a: 313.

 

Type locality: Frutillar, Lago Llanquihue, Los Lagos, Chile; and Quilantó, Lago Llanquihue, Los Lagos, Chile.

Distribution: Chile.

Mirobisium minore Vitali-di Castri

Gymnobisium chilense Beier: Vitali-di Castri, 1963: 39-49, figs 13-36 (misidentification).

Mirobisium minore Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 129-131, figs 1-2; Cekalovic, 1984: 12; Harvey, 1991a: 313.

 

Type locality: Parque Nacional de Nahuelbuta, Malleco, Araucania, Chile.

Distribution: Chile.

Mirobisium patagonicum Beier

Mirobisium patagonicum Beier, 1964j: 489-490, fig. 2; Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 129-130; Harvey, 1991a: 313.

Gymnobisium chilense Beier, 1964b: 320-321, fig. 6 (in part, see Mirobisium dimorphicum Vitali-di Castri); Beier, 1964j: 488-489; Vitali-di Castri, 1966b: fig. 2; Mahnert, 1981c: fig. 1 (synonymised by Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 128).

Not Gymnobisium chilense Beier: Vitali-di Castri, 1963: 39-49, figs 13-36 (misidentification; see Mirobisium minore Vitali-di Castri).

 

Type locality: of Mirobisium patagonicum: Mt Piltriquitron, El Bolsón, Río Negro, Argentina.

of Gymnobisium chilense: Frutillar, Llanquihue, Los Lagos, Chile.

Distribution: Argentina; Chile.

Genus Vachonobisium Vitali-di Castri

Vachonobisium Vitali-di Castri, 1963: 31; Harvey, 1991a: 313.

 

Type species: Vachonobisium troglophilum Vitali-di Castri, 1963, by original designation.

Distribution: SOUTH AMERICA: Chile.

Vachonobisium heros (Beier)

Gymnobisium heros Beier, 1964b: 322-323, fig. 8.

Vachonobisium heros (Beier): Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 133; Cekalovic, 1984: 13; Harvey, 1991a: 314.

 

Type locality: Farellones, Santiago, Chile.

Distribution: Chile.

Vachonobisium intermedium (Vitali-di Castri)

Gymnobisium intermedium Vitali-di Castri, 1963: 49-58, figs 37-54.

Vachonobisium intermedium (Vitali-di Castri): Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 132-133; Cekalovic, 1984: 13; Harvey, 1991a: 314.

 

Type locality: Polpaico, Santiago, Chile.

Distribution: Chile.

Vachonobisium troglophilum Vitali-di Castri

Vachonobisium troglophilum Vitali-di Castri, 1963: 32-39, figs 1-12; Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 131-132; Vitali-di Castri and Castri, 1970: figs 11-12; Cekalovic, 1984: 13; Harvey, 1991a: 314; Harvey, 1992c: figs 87-96.

Gymnobisium montanum Vitali-di Castri, 1963: 58-68, figs 55-82; Vitali-di Castri, 1966b: fig. 2 (synonymised by Vitali-di Castri, 1970c: 131).

 

Type locality: of Vachonobisium troglophilum: Cerro El Roble, Cordillera de la Costa, Valparaíso, Chile.

of Gymnobisium montanum: Cerro El Roble, Cordillera de la Costa, Valparaíso, Chile.

Distribution: Chile.

CATALOGUE

 

Family Gymnobisiidae Beier 1947