Pseudoscorpions of the World

Last updated: 19 January 2009

Version 1.2, 2009

CATALOGUE

 

Family Larcidae Harvey 1992

Family LARCIDAE Harvey

Larcidae Harvey, 1992c: 1416.

Genus Archeolarca Hoff and Clawson

Archeolarca Hoff and Clawson, 1952: 2-3; Hoff, 1956b: 44; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978a: 118; Harvey, 1991a: 236; Muchmore, 1992: 138.

 

Type species: Archeolarca rotunda Hoff and Clawson, 1952, by original designation.

Distribution: NORTH AMERICA: western U.S.A.

Archeolarca aalbui Muchmore

Archeolarca aalbui Muchmore, 1984f: 174-175, figs 4-5; Harvey, 1991a: 236; Drewry, 1989: 566; Harvey, 1992c: figs 142-145.

 

Type locality: Mitchell Caverns, Mitchell Caverns State Park, San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A.

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

Archeolarca cavicola Muchmore

Archeolarca cavicola Muchmore, 1981a: 55-56, figs 11-12; Drewry, 1989: 566; Harvey, 1991a: 236.

 

Type locality: Cave of the Domes, Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona, U.S.A.

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

Archeolarca guadalupensis Muchmore

Archeolarca guadalupensis Muchmore, 1981a: 54-55, figs 9-10; Drewry, 1989: 566; Harvey, 1991a: 236; Muchmore, 1992: 138.

 

Type locality: Lower Sloth Cave, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Culberson County, Texas, U.S.A.

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

Archeolarca rotunda Hoff and Clawson

Archeolarca rotunda Hoff and Clawson, 1952: 3-8, figs 1-4; Beck, Barnum and Moore, 1953: 46; Hoff, 1956b: 44-46; Hoff, 1958: 15; Hoff, 1959b: 4, etc.; Muchmore, 1971a: 90, 92; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978a: 118-119; Muchmore, 1981a: 52; D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086; Muchmore, 1990a: 514; Harvey, 1991a: 236.; Francke and Villegas-Guzmán, 2006: 294.

 

Type locality: American Fork Canyon, Utah County, Utah, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming).

Archeolarca welbourni Muchmore

Archeolarca sp.: Welbourn, 1979: 390.

Archeolarca welbourni Muchmore, 1981a: 52-54, figs 7-8; Harvey, 1991a: 236.

 

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

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

Genus Larca Chamberlin

Larca Chamberlin, 1930: 616; Beier, 1932a: 224; Beier, 1939f: 194; Hoff, 1949b: 447; Hoff, 1961: 435; Meinertz, 1962: 56; Beier, 1963b: 240; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978a: 114-115; Harvey, 1991a: 242; Tooren, 2001: 33.

 

Type species: Garypus latus Hansen, 1884, by original designation.

Distribution: EUROPE: widespread.

NORTH AMERICA: Canada; U.S.A.; Mexico.

Larca bosselaersi Henderickx and Vets

Larca bosselaersi Henderickx and Vets, 2002: 281-282, figs 1-6.

 

Type locality: Milatos Cave, Milatos, Crete, Greece.

Distribution: Greece (Crete).

Larca chamberlini Benedict and Malcolm

Larca chamberlini Benedict and Malcolm, 1978a: 115-118, figs 2-8; Muchmore, 1981a: 47-48; D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086; Harvey, 1991a: 242; Villegas-Guzmán and Pérez, 2005a: 65, 67, 76; Francke and Villegas-Guzmán, 2006: 295.

 

Type locality: 4 miles NE. of Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, U.S.A.

Distribution: Mexico; U.S.A. (California, Oregon).

Larca fortunata Zaragoza

Larca fortunata Zaragoza, 2005: 205-207, figs 7-11, 14, 15, 17, 19; Zaragoza, 2007a: 49.

 

Type locality: Cueva del Solin, Fortuna, Murcia, Spain.

Distribution: Spain (mainland).

Larca granulata (Banks)

Garypus granulatus Banks, 1891: 163-164 (as Grypus [sic] granulatus); Banks, 1895a: 9; Coolidge, 1908: 112; Chamberlin, 1921: 191.

Larca granulata (Banks): Chamberlin, 1930: 616, figs 3m-n; Beier, 1932a: 224-225; Roewer, 1937: 268; Hoff, 1945a: 109-110, figs 9-10; Hoff, 1949b: 447-448, figs 26, 27a-d; Hoff and Bolsterli, 1956: 163-164; Hoff, 1958: 15; Weygoldt, 1969a: fig. 51; Muchmore, 1971a: 90, 92; Nelson, 1975: 282, figs 29-31; Benedict and Malcolm, 1978a: 117; Muchmore, 1981a: 50-51; D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086; Harvey, 1990d: 157-159, fig. 3; Muchmore, 1990a: 514, figs 18.3, 18.6-18.7; Harvey, 1991a: 242; Snider and Nelson, 1991: 261; Harvey, 1992c: figs 136-141.

Chernes dentatus (Banks): Ross, 1944: fig. 56 (misidentification).

 

Type locality: Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

Larca hispanica Beier

Larca hispanica Beier, 1939f: 194-195, fig. 22; Roewer, 1940: 346; Beier, 1963b: 240-241, fig. 244; Beier, 1970f: 322; Estany, 1980a: 66-69; Zaragoza, 1986: fig. 1; Harvey, 1991a: 242; Zaragoza, 2007a: 49.

Larca spelaea Beier, 1939f: 195-196, fig. 23; Roewer, 1940: 346; Beier, 1963b: 241, fig. 245; Beier, 1970f: 322; Mahnert, 1977c: 102; Zaragoza, 1986, fig. 1; Judson and Legg, 1996: fig. 10; Ruiz-Portero, Barranco, Fernández-Cortés, Tinaut and Calaforra, 2002: 19 (synonymised by Estany, 1980a: 69).

 

Type locality: of Larca hispanica: Cova del Bisbe, Sadernes, Girona, Cataluña, Spain.

of Larca spelaea: Baumes de Aros, Reills (as Reilles), Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.

Distribution: Spain (mainland).

Larca italica Gardini

Larca italica Gardini, 1983b: 63-67, figs 1-11; Harvey, 1991a: 243; Gardini, 1995a: 6; Judson and Legg, 1996: fig. 10; Gardini, 2000: 106.

 

Type locality: Grotta San Angelo, Civitella del Tronto, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy.

Distribution: Italy (mainland).

Larca laceyi Muchmore

Larca laceyi Muchmore, 1981a: 48-50, figs 1-6; Drewry, 1989: 566; Harvey, 1991a: 243.

 

Type locality: Music Hall Cave, Calaveras County, California, U.S.A.

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

Larca lata (Hansen)

Garypus latus Hansen, 1884: 550-551; Hansen, 1894: plate 4 fig. 14; Tullgren, 1899a: 179 (as Garypus lata [sic]); Hansen, 1930: plate 15 fig 3a.

Larca lata (Hansen): Chamberlin, 1930: 616, fig. 2k; Chamberlin, 1931a: figs 37r, 42i, 47w; Beier, 1932a: 225; Vachon, 1934i: 413; Roewer, 1937: 268; Lohmander, 1939b: 291-292; Lohmander, 1944: 95, figure; Beier, 1956h: 25, fig. 2; Beier, 1956i: 8; Ressl and Beier, 1958: 2; Meinertz, 1962: 57-59, figs 4d, 10, 34, 35; Beier, 1963b: 240; Dumitresco and Orghidan, 1964: 620-626, figs 36-46, plate 1 fig. 8; Meinertz, 1964: 392, map 3; Ressl, 1965: 289; Weygoldt, 1966d: 14; Rafalski, 1967: 13-14; Beier, 1970f: 322; Verner, 1971: fig. 36; Andersson, Coulianos, Ehnström, Hammarstedt, Imby, Janzon, Lindelöw and Waldén, 1987: 68; Harvey, 1991a: 243; Gärdenfors and Wilander, 1992: 29, fig. 4b; Ducháč, 1993a: 36, figs 1a, 2a; Ducháč, 1993a: 66, fig. 2; Drogla and Lippold, 1994: 76; Platen, Blick, Bliss, Drogla, Malten, Martens, Sacher and Wunderlich, 1995: 54; Georgescu and Capuse, 1996a: 111; Judson and Legg, 1996: 205-209, figs 1-10; Judson, 1997a: 24; Legg, 1998: 2; Ducháč, 1999a: 14; Ranius and Wilander, 2000: 25-30, fig. 2a; Ranius, 2001: 142, etc., fig. 4; Tooren, 2001: 33-38, figs 1-3; Jansson and Hultengren, 2002: 28, 30, 32, appendix 14; Ranius, 2002: 53-65, fig. 5d; Ranius and Douwes, 2002: 68-72, fig. 1; Delfosse, 2003: 38; Drogla and Lippold, 2004: 26, fig. 3.4; Mahnert, 2004: 464; Šťáhlavský and Ducháč, 2005: 83; Tooren, 2005b: 95; Harvey and Volschenk, 2007b: 368, figs 1-5.

 

Type locality: Denmark.

Distribution: Austria; Czech Republic; Denmark; Germany; Latvia; Netherlands; Poland; Romania; Sweden; United Kingdom.

Larca lucentina Zaragoza

Larca lucentina Zaragoza, 2005: 196-205, figs 1-6, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20-23; Zaragoza, 2007a: 50; Zaragoza, 2007b: 87-88, unnumbered figs.

 

Type locality: Sima del Poste, Villena, Alicante, Spain.

Distribution: Spain (mainland).

Larca notha Hoff

Larca notha Hoff, 1961: 435-438, figs 12-13; Muchmore, 1981a: 51-52; Muchmore, 1990a: 514; Harvey, 1991a: 243; Buddle, 2005: 15.

 

Type locality: 32 miles W. of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (Colorado, Oregon); Canada (Saskatchewan).