Genus: Afrochthonius Beier, 1930 | Family: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae Beier, 1932 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Afrochthonius natalensis Beier, 1931

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Afrochthonius natalensis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:07911ce9-52f3-40ce-8914-d01d3c9037ce

Taxonomic references

Afrochthonius natalensis

Beier, 1931b: 56 original description
Beier, 1932a: 72–73, figs 87–88
Vachon, 1934i: 412
Roewer, 1937: 241, fig. 206
Beier, 1958a: 160
Beier, 1964k: 31
Harvey, 1991a: 132
Harms, Harvey, Roberts and Loria, 2024: n/a, figs 2–4

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Afrotropic

South Africa
Type locality: Van Reenen, Free State, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Van Reenen -28.366666 29.383333
Type repository
  • Holotype female (Museum Göteborg, Sweden); this specimen may actually represent a tritonymph
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9A6FA503-D861-4DD5-8D68-1FF306C0B7D2

References

Beier, M. (1931b). Zur Kenntnis der Chthoniiden (Pseudoskorpione). Zoologischer Anzeiger 93: 49–56. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1932a). Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord. Chthoniinea et Neobisiinea. Tierreich 57: i–xx, 1–258. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1958a). The Pseudoscorpionidea (false-scorpions) of Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 14: 155–187. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1964k). Weiteres zur Kenntnis der Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna des südlichen Afrika. Annals of the Natal Museum 16: 30–90. -- Show included taxa

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

Roewer, C.F. (1937). Chelonethi oder Pseudoskorpione. In: Bronns, H.G. (ed.) Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., Leipzig 5(IV)(6)(1): 161–320. -- Show included taxa

Vachon, M. (1934i). Sur le développement post-embryonnaire des pseudoscorpionides. Deuxiemes note. Les formes immatures de Chelifer cancroides L. (suite). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 59: 405–416. -- Show included taxa

Harms, D., Harvey, M.S., Roberts, J.D. & Loria, S.F. (2024). Tectonically-driven climate change and the spread of temperate biomes: Insights from dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudotyrannochthoniidae), a globally distributed arachnid lineage. Journal of Biogeography 51: 1032–1048. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Harms, Harvey, Roberts and Loria, 2024