Pseudoscorpions of the World

Last updated: 19 January 2009

Version 1.2, 2009

Family FEAELLIDAE Ellingsen

Feaellidae Ellingsen, 1906: 259-260; Chamberlin, 1923a: 147-148; Chamberlin, 1931a: 232-233; Beier, 1932a: 240-241; Beier, 1932g: 185; Roewer, 1937: 272; Muchmore, 1982a: 100; Harvey, 1991a: 230; Harvey, 1992c: 1404; Harvey, 1996d: 157.

Feaellinae Ellingsen: Chamberlin, 1923a: 148-149.

Genus Feaella Ellingsen

Feaella Ellingsen, 1906: 260; Chamberlin, 1931a: 233; Beier, 1932a: 241; Harvey, 1991a: 230; Harvey, 1996a: 257.

 

Type species: Feaella mirabilis Ellingsen, 1906, by monotypy.

Distribution: AFRICA: widespread; Madagascar; Seychelles.

ASIA: Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka.

AUSTRALASIA: north-western Australia.

Subgenus Feaella (Difeaella) Beier

Feaella (Difeaella) Beier, 1966k: 463; Harvey, 1991a: 230.

 

Type species: Feaella (Difeaella) krugeri Beier, 1966k, by original designation.

Feaella (Difeaella) krugeri Beier

Feaella (Difeaella) krugeri Beier, 1966k: 463-464, fig. 5; Lawrence, 1967: 89; Harvey, 1991a: 230.

 

Type locality: Olifantspoort area, Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa.

Distribution: South Africa.

Subgenus Feaella (Feaella) Ellingsen

Feaella (Feaella) mirabilis Ellingsen

Feaella mirabilis Ellingsen, 1906: 260-263, figs 1-8; With, 1908b: 8-12, fig. 1, plate 1 figs 1-10; Ellingsen, 1912b: 86; Chamberlin, 1931a: 233; Beier, 1932a: 242, figs 268-270; Roewer, 1936: figs 10-11, 17, 41a-b, 63c, 78; Roewer, 1937: 272; Berland, 1955: 30, fig. 16; Heurtault-Rossi and Jezequel, 1965: 450-461, figs 1-15; Weygoldt, 1969a: 129; Mahnert, 1978f: 94; Mahnert, 1981c: fig. 1; Heurtault, 1983: 21-22, figs 48-49.

Feaella (Feaella) mirabilis Ellingsen: Beier, 1955c: 546; Harvey, 1991a: 230.

 

Type locality: Bolama, Bolama, Guinea-Bissau.

Distribution: Congo; Côte d’Ivoire; Guinea-Bissau.

Feaella (Feaella) mombasica Beier

Feaella (Feaella) mombasica Beier, 1955c: 544-546, fig. 12; Mahnert, 1982b: 115; Harvey, 1991a: 230.

 

Type locality: Bamburi Beach, Mombasa, Coast, Kenya.

Distribution: Kenya.

Subgenus Feaella (Tetrafeaella) Beier

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) Beier, 1955c: 546; Harvey, 1991a: 231.

 

Type species: Feaella mucronata Tullgren, 1907b, by subsequent designation of Harvey, 1991a: 231.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) affinis Hirst

Feaella affinis Hirst, 1911: 394-395, fig. 11; Hirst, 1913: 37; Chamberlin, 1931a: 234; Beier, 1932a: 243; Roewer, 1937: 272; Mahnert, 1978d: 879-880, figs 21-23.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) affinis Hirst: Beier, 1955c: 546; Harvey, 1991a: 231; Judson, 1997a: 8; Harvey, 2001b: 691.

Not Feaella affinis Hirst: Ellingsen, 1914: 13-14 (misidentification; see Feaella (Tetrafeaella) indica Chamberlin).

 

Type locality: Silhouette Island, Seychelles; and Praslin Island, Seychelles.

Distribution: Seychelles.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) anderseni Harvey

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) anderseni Harvey, 1989b: 41-43, figs 1-13; Harvey, 1991a: 231.

Feaella anderseni Harvey: Harvey, 1991c: 267; Harvey, 1992c: figs 38-43; Harvey, 1996d: 157.

 

Type locality: Cape Bougainville, Western Australia, Australia.

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) capensis Beier

Feaella capensis Beier, 1955l: 303-305, figs 23-24.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) capensis Beier: Beier, 1955c: 546; Harvey, 1991a: 231.

Not Feaella capensis Beier: Beier, 1964k: 63 (misidentification; see Feaella (Tetrafeaella) capensis nana Beier).

 

Type locality: Cape Point, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa.

Distribution: South Africa; Zimbabwe.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) capensis capensis Beier

 

Distribution: South Africa.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) capensis nana Beier

Feaella capensis Beier: Beier, 1964k: 63 (misidentification).

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) capensis nana Beier, 1966k: 461-463, fig. 4; Lawrence, 1967: 89; Harvey, 1991a: 231.

 

Type locality: Hlanganini Spruit, near Letaba, Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa.

Distribution: South Africa; Zimbabwe.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) indica Chamberlin

Feaella affinis Hirst: Ellingsen, 1914: 13-14 (misidentification).

Feaella indica Chamberlin, 1931a: 234, figs 1p, 6f, 7c-g, 9k, 11d, 14f, 16m, 18h, 20a, 29g, 38c-d, 64; Beier, 1932a: 243; Beier, 1932g: figs 165, 260; Roewer, 1936: figs 6, 13; Roewer, 1937: 272; Vachon, 1949: figs 200c, 201, 203e, 204d; Weygoldt, 1966d: fig. 4 (as Faella [sic] indica); Weygoldt, 1969a: figs 4a-b; Beier, 1973d: 46-47; Beier, 1974e: 1008.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) indica Chamberlin: Beier, 1955c: 546; Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977: 112-114; Harvey, 1991a: 231.

 

Type locality: Jhenaidah, Jessore District, Khulna, Bangladesh.

Distribution: Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) leleupi Beier

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) leleupi Beier, 1959d: 34-36, fig. 16; Harvey, 1991a: 231.

 

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

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) mucronata Tullgren

Feaella mucronata Tullgren, 1907b: 226-228, figs 6a-g; Ellingsen, 1912b: 86, 104-105; Chamberlin, 1931a: 234; Beier, 1932a: 242-243, fig. 271; Beier, 1932g: fig. 171; Roewer, 1936: fig. 29; Roewer, 1937: 272; Beier, 1964k: 63.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) mucronata Tullgren: Beier, 1955c: 546; Beier, 1958a: 171; Harvey, 1991a: 232.

 

Type locality: Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Distribution: South Africa; Swaziland.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) parva Beier

Feaella parva Beier, 1947b: 321-322, figs 27-28.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) parva Beier: Beier, 1955c: 546; Harvey, 1991a: 232.

 

Type locality: Vioolsdrift (as Viodsdrift), Orange River, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Distribution: South Africa.

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) perreti Mahnert

Feaella (Tetrafeaella) perreti Mahnert, 1982b: 115-118, figs 1-8; Harvey, 1991a: 232.

Feaella perreti Mahnert: Harvey, 1992c: figs 44-47.

 

Type locality: Makadara Forest, Shimba Hills, Coast, Kenya.

Distribution: Kenya.

CATALOGUE

 

Family Feaellidae Ellingsen 1906