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

Afrochthonius similis Beier, 1930

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Afrochthonius similis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:21727f47-068f-4c68-bcc3-297bffb29569

Genus type of Afrochthonius Beier, 1930

Taxonomic references

Afrochthonius similis

Beier, 1930e: 286–288, figs 2a–c original description
Beier, 1932a: 71–72, fig. 86
Roewer, 1937: 241
Harvey, 1991a: 132

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Afrotropic

Namibia
Type locality: Windhoek (as Windhuk), Komas, Namibia (probably incorrect; only known from holotype in the notoriously mislabelled Roewer collection).

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Windhoek -22.566666 17.083333
Type repository
  • Holotype female (SMF, Roewer collection, Nr. 1943/25)
Zoobank LSID

2CFADF54-F037-48C7-B3EB-BA7C00B43223

References

Beier, M. (1930e). Die Pseudoskorpione der Sammlung Roewer. Zoologischer Anzeiger 91: 284–300. ZooBank: 4311010B-EC04-46B2-85D4-6960A84C0C59 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1932a). Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord. Chthoniinea et Neobisiinea. Tierreich 57: i–xx, 1–258. ZooBank: B3C26810-2872-450D-9F01-FC72C0D4D300 -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester: 725 pp. ZooBank: 631468A0-92DC-4DAC-A05D-6C46F6052D65 -- 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

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