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

Kleptochthonius (Chamberlinochthonius) orpheus Muchmore, 1965

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Kleptochthonius (Chamberlinochthonius) orpheus

Subgenus Chamberlinochthonius

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:a691d94c-f330-4f14-994a-2817da7ce767

Taxonomic references

Kleptochthonius (Chamberlinochthonius) orpheus

Muchmore, 1965: 11–13, fig. 4 original description
Harvey, 1991a: 181

Kleptochthonius orpheus Muchmore:

Culver, 1982: 159
Drewry, 1989: 566

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Nearctic

US (West Virginia)
Type locality: Patton Cave (as Patton's Cave), 2.5 m S. of Union, Monroe County, West Virginia, U.S.A.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Patton Cave 37.566666 -80.533333
Type repository
  • Holotype male (AMNH, WM 317.01001)
References

Culver, D.C. (1982). Cave life: evolution and ecology. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Ma.. -- Show included taxa

Drewry, G. (ed.) (1989). Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: animal notice of review. Federal Register 54: 554–579. -- Show included taxa

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

Muchmore, W.B. (1965). North American cave pseudoscorpions of the genus Kleptochthonius, subgenus Chamberlinochthonius (Chelonethida, Chthoniidae). American Museum Novitates 2234: 1–27. -- Show included taxa

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