Pseudoscorpions of the World

Last updated: 19 January 2009

Version 1.2, 2009

Family PSEUDOCHIRIDIIDAE Chamberlin

Pseudochiridiinae Chamberlin, 1923c: 370 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]); Chamberlin, 1931a: 235-236 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]); Beier, 1932e: 3-4 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]); Roewer, 1937: 275 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]); Vitali-di Castri, 1970b: 1195; Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977: 9 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]).

Pseudochiridiidae Chamberlin: Hoff, 1964c: 89-90; Harvey, 1985b: 149; Muchmore, 1982a: 101; Harvey, 1991a: 444; Harvey, 1992c: 1418.

Genus Paracheiridium Vachon

Paracheiridium Vachon, 1938d: 237; Roewer, 1940: 346; Harvey, 1991a: 444.

 

Type species: Paracheiridium decaryi Vachon, 1938d, by original designation.

Distribution: AFRICA: Madagascar.

Paracheiridium decaryi Vachon

Paracheiridium decaryi Vachon, 1938d: 237-241, figs 1-10; Roewer, 1940: 346; Millot, 1948a: 142; Vitali-di Castri, 1966a: fig. 1; Decary and Kiener, 1970: 429; Legendre, 1972: 446; Harvey, 1991a: 444; Judson, 2007a: 50.

 

Type locality: Grotte d'Anjohibé, Andranoboka, Mahajanga, Madagascar.

Distribution: Madagascar.

Genus Pseudochiridium With

Pseudochiridium With, 1906: 199-200; Chamberlin, 1931a: 235 (as Pseudocheiridium [sic]); Beier, 1932e: 4; Hoff, 1964c: 90; Harvey, 1991a: 444.

Afrocheiridium Beier, 1932e: 5-6 (synonymised by Beier, 1955l: 306).

 

Type species: of Pseudochiridium: Pseudochiridium thorelli With, 1906, by original designation.

of Afrocheiridium: Pseudochiridium traegardhi Tullgren, 1907b, by original designation.

Distribution: AFRICA: widespread.

AMERICA: south-eastern U.S.A.

ASIA: widespread.

Pseudochiridium africanum Beier

Pseudochiridium africanum Beier, 1944: 181-183, figs 6-7; Weidner, 1959: 116; Beier, 1965b: 371; Beier, 1972a: 9; Spaull, 1979: 117; Harvey, 1991a: 444-445.

 

Type locality: Amani, Tanzania.

Distribution: Chad; Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire); Seychelles (Groupe d'Aldabra); Tanzania.

Pseudochiridium clavigerum (Thorell)

Chelifer (Trachychernes) claviger Thorell, 1889: 591-594, plate 5 figs 5a-b.

Trachychernes claviger (Thorell): Pocock, 1900: 156.

Pseudochiridium clavigerum (Thorell): With, 1906: 204-206, plate 4 fig. 13a; Chamberlin, 1931a: 236, fig. 29m (as Pseudocheiridium [sic] clavigerum); Beier, 1932e: 5; Roewer, 1937: 276; Beier, 1955e: 41-43, figs 3-4; Beier, 1965g: 765; Beier, 1967c: 318; Beier, 1967g: 352; Beier, 1981: 285; Chapman, 1984a: 6 (as Pseudocheiridium [sic] clavigerum); Harvey, 1985b: 149; Schawaller, 1987c: 211, figs 25-27; Harvey, 1991a: 445; Harvey, 1992c: figs 156-161.

Pseudochiridium sundaicum Beier, 1953g: 83-84, figs 2-3 (synonymised by Beier, 1965g: 765).

 

Type locality: of Chelifer (Trachychernes) claviger: Bhamò, Kachin, Myanmar.

of Pseudochiridium sundaicum: Langgai, Sumba, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia.

Distribution: Australia (Christmas Island); India (Andaman Islands); Indonesia (Sumba, West Papua); Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines.

Pseudochiridium heurtaultae Vitali-di Castri

Pseudochiridium heurtaultae Vitali-di Castri, 1970b: 1184-1195, figs 17-42; Mahnert, 1978f: 94-95; Harvey, 1991a: 445; Harvey, 1992c: figs 162-165.

 

Type locality: Angola.

Distribution: Angola; Congo.

Pseudochiridium insulae Hoff

Pseudochiridium insulae Hoff, 1964c: 90-92, figs 1-4; Muchmore, 1990a: 517; Harvey, 1991a: 445; Judson, 2007a: 49.

 

Type locality: Stock Island, Monroe County, Florida, U.S.A.

Distribution: Dominican Republic; U.S.A. (Florida).

Pseudochiridium kenyense Mahnert

Pseudochiridium sp.: Mahnert, 1981c: fig. 2.

Pseudochiridium kenyense Mahnert, 1982b: 119-120, figs 9-16; Harvey, 1991a: 445.

 

Type locality: Warges, Rift Valley, Kenya.

Distribution: Kenya.

Pseudochiridium lawrencei Beier

Pseudochiridium lawrencei Beier, 1964k: 64-65, fig. 24; Harvey, 1991a: 445.

 

Type locality: Pirie Forest, near King William's Town (as Kingwilliamstown), Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Distribution: South Africa.

† Pseudochiridium lindae Judson

Pseudochiridium lindae Judson, 2007a: 46-49, figs 1-13.

 

Type locality: Palo Alto mines, near Santiago, (Santiago de los Caballeros), Dominican Republic.

Distribution: Dominican Republic (Miocene Amber).

Pseudochiridium minutissimum Beier

Pseudochiridium minutissimum Beier, 1959d: 36-37, fig. 17; Harvey, 1991a: 445.

 

Type locality: Île Mboko, Lake Tanganyika, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).

Pseudochiridium thorelli With

Pseudochiridium thorelli With, 1906: 200-204, figs 6a-b, plate 4, figs 12a-g; Chamberlin, 1931a: 236, figs 10a, 15r, 18a, 20e, 44f-g, 65 (as Pseudocheiridium [sic] thorelli); Beier, 1932e: 5, fig. 3; Beier, 1932g: fig. 181 (as Pseudocheiridium [sic] thorelli); Roewer, 1936: figs 22f, 70o; Roewer, 1936: fig. 34c, 43e-f, 45e-f (as Pseudochiridium thorellii); Roewer, 1937: 276, fig. 223; Vachon, 1949: fig. 199c; Harvey, 1991a: 445-446; Judson, 2007a: 50.

 

Type locality: Nancowry (as Nankovry), Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Distribution: India (Nicobar Islands).

Pseudochiridium traegardhi Tullgren

Pseudochiridium traegardhi Tullgren, 1907b: 225-226, figs 4a-d (as Pseudochiridium trägårdhi); Ellingsen, 1912b: 86; Chamberlin, 1931a: 236 (as Pseudocheiridium [sic] tragardhi); Beier, 1964k: 64 (as Pseudochiridium trägardhi); Harvey, 1991a: 446.

Afrocheiridium traegardhi (Tullgren): Beier, 1932e: 6 (as Afrocheiridium trägardhi); Roewer, 1937: 276 (as Afrocheiridium trägardhi).

Pseudochiridium (Afrocheiridium) traegardhi (Tullgren): Beier, 1955l: 306-307, fig. 25 (as Pseudochiridium (Afrocheiridium) trägårdhi); Beier, 1958a: 171 (as Pseudochiridium (Afrocheiridium) tragardhi).

 

Type locality: Pietermaritzburg (as Maritzburg), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; and Van Reenen, Free State, South Africa.

Distribution: South Africa.

Pseudochiridium triquetrum Beier

Pseudochiridium triquetrum Beier, 1965g: 765-767, fig. 8; Tenorio and Muchmore, 1982: 383; Harvey, 1991a: 446.

 

Type locality: Ajappo, south side of Danau Sentani (as Lac Sentani), West Papua, Indonesia.

Distribution: Indonesia (West Papua).

 

Pseudochiridium vachoni (Vitali-di Castri)

Paracheiridium vachoni Vitali-di Castri, 1970b: 1175-1183, figs 1-16; Mahnert, 1981c: fig. 1; Harvey, 1991a: 444.

Pseudochiridium vachoni (Vitali-di Castri): Judson, 2007a: 50.

 

Type locality: Îles Glorieuses.

Distribution: Îles Glorieuses.

CATALOGUE

 

Family Pseudochiridiidae Chamberlin 1923