Genus: Electrochelifer Beier, 1937 | Family: Cheliferidae Risso, 1827 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

† Electrochelifer balticus Beier, 1955

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Electrochelifer balticus

CAINOZOIC: Eocene

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:602814d6-3e4a-484d-846c-8ce3c63dc8de

Taxonomic references

Electrochelifer balticus

Beier, 1955g: 53–54, fig. 4 original description
Schawaller, 1978: 4
Harvey, 1991a: 499
Spahr, 1993: 14
Dashdamirov, 2008: 9–11, figs 1d, 2d, 4a–h
Harms and Dunlop, 2017: n/a, fig. 2e

Distribution
Distribution table
Baltic amber
Type locality: Baltic amber (Eocene).

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 eastern Baltic Sea (IMPRECISE) 55.5 21
Type repository
  • Holotype male (Baltic amber collection of the Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Hamburg (GPIH No. 1049))
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E015D946-33D7-462C-98BD-F761A1103DAB

References

Beier, M. (1955g). Pseudoscorpione im baltischen Bernstein aus dem Geologischen Staatsinstitut in Hamburg. Mitteilungen aus dem Mineralogisch-Geologischen Staatsinstitut in Hamburg 24: 48–54. -- Show included taxa

Dashdamirov, S.D. (2008). A new species of false scorpion from Baltic amber with a redescription of Electrochelifer balticus Beier, 1955 and remarks on some fossil Cheliferidae (Arachnida: Chelonethida). Acta Biologica Benrodis 14: 1–14. -- Show included taxa

Harms, D. & Dunlop, J.A. (2017). The fossil history of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Fossil Record 20: 215–238. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester. -- Show included taxa

Schawaller, W. (1978). Neue Pseudoskorpione aus dem Baltischen Bernstein der Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (B) 42: 1–21. -- Show included taxa

Spahr, U. (1993). Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen zu R. Keilbachs Bibliographie und Liste der Bernsteinfossilien – verschiedene Tiergruppen, ausgenommen Insecta und Araneae. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde B 194: 1–77. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-07-02 New taxonomic reference entry Harms and Dunlop, 2017