Genus: Kleptochthonius Chamberlin, 1949 | Family: Chthoniidae Daday, 1889 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Kleptochthonius (Chamberlinochthonius) cerberus Malcolm and Chamberlin, 1961

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Kleptochthonius (Chamberlinochthonius) cerberus

Subgenus Chamberlinochthonius

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:b1bb1ef1-2ef5-44c1-b6ac-3a416149e8e8

Taxonomic references

Chthonius packardii Hagen:

Giovannoli, 1933: 604 (possible misidentification)

Kleptochthonius (Chamberlinochthonius) cerberus

Malcolm and Chamberlin, 1961: 28–31, figs 9a–e original description
Harvey, 1991a: 179

Kleptochthonius cerberus Malcolm and Chamberlin:

Barr, 1968: n/a, fig. 13

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Nearctic

US (Kentucky)
Type locality: White Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky, U.S.A.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Mammoth Cave 37.183333 -86.115
Type repository
  • Holotype male (AMNH, JC-2374.01001). Paratypes: 2 males (USNM, JC-2379.01001, JC-2379.01002).
References

Barr, T.C., Jr (1968). Cave ecology and the evolution of troglobites. In: Dobzhansky, T., Hecht, M.K. and Steere, W.C. (ed.) Evolutionary biology Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York 2: 35–102. -- Show included taxa

Giovannoli, L. (1933). Invertebrate life of Mammoth and other neighboring caves. American Midland Naturalist 14: 600–634. -- Show included taxa

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

Malcolm, D.R. & Chamberlin, J.C. (1961). The pseudoscorpion genus Kleptochthonius Chamberlin (Chelonethida, Chthoniidae). American Museum Novitates 2063: 1–35. -- Show included taxa

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