Pseudoscorpions of the World

Last updated: 19 January 2009

Version 1.2, 2009

CATALOGUE

 

Family Menthidae Chamberlin 1930

Family MENTHIDAE Chamberlin

Menthidae Chamberlin, 1930: 585; Chamberlin, 1931a: 222; Beier, 1932a: 177; Beier, 1932g: fig. 184; Roewer, 1937: 258-259; Vitali-di Castri, 1969a: 501; Muchmore, 1982a: 99; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 942-944; Harvey, 1991a: 261; Harvey, 1992c: 1422; Harvey, 1996a: 259.

Genus Menthus Chamberlin

Menthus Chamberlin, 1930: 585-586; Beier, 1932a: 177; Harvey, 1991a: 261; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 944-945.

 

Type species: Minniza rossi Chamberlin, 1923c, by original designation.

Distribution: NORTH AMERICA: Mexico; south-western U.S.A.

Menthus californicus Chamberlin

Menthus californicus Chamberlin, 1930: 587; Chamberlin, 1931a: figs 29a, 37a; Beier, 1932a: 178; Roewer, 1937: 259; Hoff, 1958: 17; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 951-953, figs 14-16; Harvey, 1991a: 261; Muchmore, 1990a: 514; Harvey, 2006b: 168-169, figs 1, 8.

 

Type locality: Palm Canyon, near Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, U.S.A.

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

Menthus gracilis (Banks)

Atemnus gracilis Banks, 1909a: 146.

Minniza lindahli Chamberlin, 1923c: 365-366, plate 2 fig. 12 (synonymised by Muchmore, 2001b: 230).

Menthus lindahli (Chamberlin): Chamberlin, 1930: 587; Beier, 1932a: 178; Roewer, 1937: 259; Roth and Brown, 1976: 128; V.F. Lee, 1979a: 18-19, figs 22-23, 31; Roth and Brown, 1980: 349; Harvey, 1991a: 261; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 950-951, figs 11-13.

Lustrochernes (?) gracilis (Banks): Beier, 1932e: 95; Roewer, 1937: 290.

Lustrochernes gracilis (Banks): Harvey, 1991a: 595.

Menthus gracilis (Banks): Muchmore, 2001b: 231; Ceballos, 2004: 428; Harvey, 2006b: fig. 8.

 

Type locality: of Atemnus gracilis: San Miguel Horcasitas, Sonora, Mexico.

of Minniza lindahli: Bahía de Tepoca (as Tepoca Bay), Sonora, Mexico.

Distribution: Mexico.

Menthus mexicanus Hoff

Menthus mexicanus Hoff, 1945e: 4-7, figs 6-7; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 948-950, figs 8-10; Harvey, 1991a: 261; Ceballos, 2004: 428; Villegas-Guzman, 2006: 133, 134; Harvey, 2006b: 168, fig. 8.

 

Type locality: Mexcala, Guerrero, Mexico.

Distribution: Mexico.

Menthus rossi (Chamberlin)

Minniza rossi Chamberlin, 1923c: 365, plate 1 fig. 5, plate 2 fig. 11, plate 3 figs 9, 17.

Menthus rossi (Chamberlin): Chamberlin, 1930: 586, figs 1o, 2b, 3g; Chamberlin, 1931a: figs 7b, 7h, 9g, 11y, 13r-s, 15k, 17r-s, 19h, 26e, 33n, 60; Beier, 1932a: 178, fig. 205; Beier, 1932g: figs 164a-b, 256; Roewer, 1936: fig. 14; Roewer, 1937: 259, fig. 216; Vachon, 1949: fig. 197; Weygoldt, 1966d: 10; Weygoldt, 1969a: 6; Roth and Brown, 1980: 349; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 945-948, figs 1-7; Harvey, 1991a: 261; Judson, 1997a: 37; Ceballos, 2004: 428; Harvey, 2006b: 168, fig. 8.

 

Type locality: Isla San Esteban, Golfo de California, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Distribution: Mexico.

Genus Oligomenthus Beier

Oligomenthus Beier, 1962h: 131-132; Harvey, 1991a: 261; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 953-954.

 

Type species: Oligomenthus argentinus Beier, 1962h, by original designation.

Distribution: SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina; Chile.

Oligomenthus argentinus Beier

Oligomenthus argentinus Beier, 1962h: 132-133, fig. 1; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 954, figs 17-21; Harvey, 1991a: 261.

 

Type locality: Aconcagua, Mendoza, Argentina.

Distribution: Argentina.

Oligomenthus chilensis Vitali-di Castri

Oligomenthus chilensis Vitali-di Castri, 1969a: 502-506, figs 3-10; Cekalovic, 1984: 14; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 956; Harvey, 1991a: 261.

 

Type locality: Paposo, Antofagasta, Chile.

Distribution: Chile.

Genus Paramenthus Beier

Paramenthus Beier, 1963f: 186; Harvey, 1991a: 261; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 961.

 

Type species: Paramenthus shulovi Beier, 1963f, by original designation.

Distribution: ASIA: Middle East.

Paramenthus nanus Mahnert

Paramenthus nanus Mahnert, 2007: 302-303, figs 85-88.

 

Type locality: Di-Fa'rhoh, Suqutra (as Socotra), Yemen.

Distribution: Yemen (Suqutra).

Paramenthus shulovi Beier

Paramenthus shulovi Beier, 1963f: 186-187, fig. 2; Mahnert, 1974c: 378; Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 961-963, figs 40-45; Harvey, 1991a: 261.

 

Type locality: Yeroham (as 24 km Beer Sheva-Yeroham Road), HaDarom (Southern), Israel.

Distribution: Israel.

Genus Pseudomenthus Mahnert

Pseudomenthus Mahnert, 2007: 299.

 

Type species: Pseudomenthus spinifer Mahnert, 2007, by original designation.

Distribution: ASIA: Yemen (Suqutra).

Pseudomenthus spinifer Mahnert

Pseudomenthus spinifer Mahnert, 2007: 299-300, figs 73-79.

 

Type locality: east of the plain of Homhil, Suqutra (as Socotra), Yemen.

Distribution: Yemen (Suqutra).

 

Pseudomenthus uniseriatus Mahnert

Pseudomenthus spinifer Mahnert, 2007: 300-302, figs 80-84.

 

Type locality: Diksam Plateau, Suqutra (as Socotra), Yemen.

Distribution: Yemen (Suqutra).

Genus Thenmus Harvey

Thenmus Harvey, in Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 956; Harvey, 2006b: 169.

 

Type species: Thenmus aigialites Harvey, in Harvey and Muchmore, 1990, by original designation.

Distribution: AUSTRALASIA: northern Australia.

Thenmus aigialites Harvey

Thenmus aigialites Harvey, in Harvey and Muchmore, 1990: 956-961, figs 22-39; Harvey, 1992c: figs 186-194; Harvey, 2006b: 169, fig. 9.

 

Type locality: Finlaysons Point, 2 km NW. of Seaforth, Queensland, Australia.

Distribution: Australia (Queensland).

Thenmus augustus Harvey

Thenmus augustus Harvey, 2006b: 169-173, figs 2-6, 9.

 

Type locality: 2.4 km N. of Augustus Point on Augustus Island, Western Australia, Australia.

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).