Apochthonius moestus (Banks, 1891)

Apochthonius moestus (Banks, 1891)

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Chthonius moestus Banks, 1891: 165; Banks, 1895a: 13; Coolidge, 1908: 114; Ewing, 1911: 80.

Apochthonius moestus (Banks): Chamberlin, 1929a: 67, figs 2c, 3g (in part); Chamberlin, 1931a: figs 6a, 21f; Beier, 1932a: 41-42, figs 47-48 (in part); Roewer, 1937: 238; Hoff, 1944b: 125, figs 1c-d; Hoff, 1945a: 105-109, figs 4-7; Pearse, 1946: 257; Hoff, 1958: 6 (in part); Muchmore and Benedict, 1976: 69-73, figs 1-9; Rowland and Reddell, 1976: 14; Stryker and Taylor, R.W., 1977: 26; Sweeney, Taylor and Counts, 1977: 55; Taylor, Sweeney and Counts, 1977: 115; D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086; Harvey, 1991a: 138; Snider and Nelson, 1991: 260; Buddle, 2005: 15.

Apochthonius sp. prob. moestus (Banks): Graves and Graves, 1969: 267.

Not Apochthonius moestus (Banks): Chamberlin, 1929a: 67 (in part) (misidentification; true identification unknown); Beier, 1930a: 202 (misidentification; true identification unknown); Hoff, 1945i: 311-313 (misidentification; true identification unknown); Hoff, 1949b, figs 11, 15a-d: 434 (misidentification; true identification unknown); Hoff, 1951: 4-5 (misidentification; true identification unknown); Hoff, 1952a: 42-43 (misidentification; true identification unknown); Hoff, 1956a: 2-4, fig. 1 (misidentification; true identification unknown); Hoff and Bolsterli, 1956: 158-159 (misidentification; true identification unknown); Hoff, 1958: 6 (in part) (misidentification; true identification unknown); Hoff, 1959b: 4, etc. (misidentification; true identification unknown); Nelson, 1975: 279-280, figs 14-17 (misidentification; true identification unknown).

Not Apochthonius (Apochthonius) moestus (Banks): Chamberlin, 1929e: 153 (misidentification; true identification unknown); Beier, 1932a: 41-42 (in part) (misidentification; true identification unknown).

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