Allochthonius (Allochthonius) opticus (Ellingsen, 1907)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Chthonius opticus

Subgenus Allochthonius

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:a0a6be3b-cf36-4acf-9642-7049bf4a4e5e


Genus type of Allochthonius Chamberlin, 1929

Taxonomic references

Chthonius opticus

Ellingsen, 1907c: 16–17 original description

Allochthonius opticus (Ellingsen):

Chamberlin, 1929d: 155
Beier, 1932a: 62
Roewer, 1937: 240
Morikawa, 1955a: 215–216
Takashima, 1960: 26, plate 13 fig. 1
Sato, 1976: 52
Sato, 1978e: n/a, fig. 7
Sato, 1979a: 89–91, figs 3a–i, 4a–e, plate 1
Sato, 1979b: 13, figs 1–3, 5
Sato, 1979c: 13, fig. 2
Sato, 1979d: 42–43
Sato, 1980c: 10, figs 1–2
Sato, 1982b: 58, figs 1–3
Sato, 1982c: 31
Sato, 1984a: n/a, fig. 9
Sato, 1984c: 14, figs 1, 3
Sato, 1983b: 16, figs 2–4
Sato, 1985: 22, figs 1–2
Sato, 1986: 95
Sato, 1988: 12
Sato, Takano and Nakajima, 1988: 23
Takano, Tashiro, Sato and Nakajima, 1989: 73, fig. 1
Sakayori, 1990: 33, fig. 2F
Nakajima, Takano, Sato and Tashiro, 1991: 16
Sato, 1992: 28, figs 1–2
Sakayori, 1998a: 299
Sato and Yamauchi, 2001: 63
Yamamoto, Nakagoshi and Touyama, 2001: 597–600
Yamauchi, Kadowaki, Yamamoto and Sato, 2009: 283
Sato, 2012: 122–125, figs 1, 5
Harvey and Harms, 2022: n/a, fig. 7
You, Yoo, Harvey and Harms, 2022: n/a, fig. 1A

Allochthonius (Allochthonius) opticus (Ellingsen):

Morikawa, 1960: 98
Morikawa, 1962: 418, figs 1, 3–5
Sato, 1978c: 39–40
Harvey, 1991a: 132–133
Sato, 1991a: 22, fig. 66–3
Sato, 1994b: 79
Lee and Seo, 1995: 459–460, figs 3b, 4a–d, 6
Hong, Kim and Lee, 1996: 175–176
Nunomura, Hirauchi and Sato, 1997: 12
Nunomura, Suma, Ishii and Sato, 1997: 86
Sato and Yamamoto, 2000: 665
Hu and Zhang, 2011: n/a, fig. 25
Sakayori, 2014b: 2–5, figs 1–11
Ohira, Sato, Tsutsumi, Kaneko and Choi, 2018: 400


Synonyms
Allochthonius anthracinus Morikawa, 1952 -- synonymised by Morikawa, 1955a: 215
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:094cbe88-0dcc-4327-923a-07170978ee7a
Allochthonius anthracinus
Morikawa, 1952b: 250, fig. 1 (synonymised by Morikawa, 1955a: 215) original description
Allochthonius yanoi Morikawa, 1952 -- synonymised by Morikawa, 1955a: 215
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:a6545c47-45f8-47ee-b4c1-b3bee0a54d87
Allochthonius yanoi
Morikawa, 1952b: 251–252, figs 2–3, 4a–c (synonymised by Morikawa, 1955a: 215) original description
Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Palearctic

Japan
South Korea
Type locality: Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Okayama 34.65 133.916666
Type repository
  • Syntypes: 3 specimens (ZMB?)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:76527312-1C24-4B29-BA06-1EC48647635F

References

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Chamberlin, J.C. (1929d). On some false scorpions of the suborder Heterosphyronida (Arachnida - Chelonethida). Canadian Entomologist 61: 152–155. -- Show included taxa

Ellingsen, E. (1907c). On some pseudoscorpions from Japan collected by Hans Sauter. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 45: 1–17. -- Show included taxa

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

Hong, Y., Kim, T.H. & Lee, W.K. (1996). The pseudoscorpion family Chthoniidae (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida) in Korea, with two new species from the genus Tyrannochthonius. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 12: 173–184. -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. & Zhang, F. (2011). Description of three new species of the genus Allochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from China. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3: 2167–2176. -- Show included taxa

Lee, W.K. & Seo, H.Y. (1995). [Soil-inhabiting pseudoscorpions of the genus Allochthonius from Korea]. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 11: 455–468. -- Show included taxa

Morikawa, K. (1952b). Notes on the Japanese Pseudoscorpiones I. Memoirs of Ehime University (2B) 1: 249–258. -- Show included taxa

Morikawa, K. (1955a). Pseudoscorpions of forest soil in Shikoku. Memoirs of Ehime University (2B) 2: 215–222. -- Show included taxa

Morikawa, K. (1960). Systematic studies of Japanese pseudoscorpions. Memoirs of Ehime University (2B) 4: 85–172. -- Show included taxa

Morikawa, K. (1962). Ecological and some biological notes on Japanese pseudoscorpions. Memoirs of Ehime University (2B) 4: 417–435. -- Show included taxa

Nakajima, H., Takano, M., Sato, H. & Tashiro, A. (1991). [Faunistic data of moths, myriapods, and pseudoscorpions in the Tanzawa area, Japan]. Proceedings of the Society of Private High School in Kanagawa-ken 3: 1–17. -- Show included taxa

Nunomura, N., Hirauchi, Y. & Sato, H. (1997). [Pseudoscorpiones from Toyama Prefecture]. Bulletin of the Toyama Biological Society 36: 11–15. -- Show included taxa

Nunomura, N., Suma, Y., Ishii, K. & Sato, H. (1997). [Soil fauna of the neighbourhood of the Furudo-ike Pond, Toyama, Central Japan]. Bulletin of the Toyama Science Museum 20: 83–90. -- Show included taxa

Ohira, H., Sato, K., Tsutsumi, T., Kaneko, S. & Choi, H.-J. (2018). DNA barcoding suggested the existence of cryptic species and high biodiversity of South Korean pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 11(3): 399-407. -- 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

Sakayori, H. (1990). [Distribution of soil-dwelling pseudoscorpions in lowland forests at the northern district of the Kanto Plains]. Edaphologia 43: 31–40. -- Show included taxa

Sakayori, H. (1998a). [Pseudoscorpions from Mt Tsukuba]. In: The 1st General Research Report of the Ibaraki Nature Museum: 299–301. -- Show included taxa

Sakayori, H. (2014b). Redescription of Allochthonius (Allochthonius) opticus collected from Okayama city, West Honshu, Japan (Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae). Bulletin of Ibaraki Nature Museum 17: 1–6. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1976). [Observation on the nest of Japanese pseudoscorpions]. Atypus 67: 51–52. -- Show included taxa

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Sato, H. (1978e). [Extracting experiment of soil pseudoscorpions by dry funnel method]. Edaphologia 18: 15–20. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1979a). [Pseudoscorpions from Mt. Takao, Tokyo. (An introduction to morphology of pseudoscorpion)]. Memoirs of the Education Institute for Private Schools in Japan 64: 79–105. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1979b). [Quantitative survey of soil pseudoscorpions at Mt Daisen by sifting method]. Edaphologia 19: 13–24. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1979c). [Altitudinal distribution of soil pseudoscorpions on Yakushima Island]. Edaphologia 20: 13–18. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1979d). [Faunistic data on Japanese pseudoscorpions. II]. Atypus 74: 42–44. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1980c). [Altitudinal distribution of soil pseudoscorpions on Mt Chokai]. Edaphologia 22: 9–14. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1982b). [Seasonal fluctuations of some soil pseudoscorpions in Karuizawa, central Japan]. Edaphologia 25: 57–64. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1982c). [Faunistic data on Japanese pseudoscorpions. III]. Atypus 81: 31–34. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1983b). Altitudinal distribution of soil pseudoscorpions at Mt. Fuji. Edaphologia 28: 13–22. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1984a). Allochthonius borealis, a new pseudoscorpion (Chthoniidae) from Tohoku District, Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 39: 17–20. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1984c). Population dynamics of the soil pseudoscorpions at Mt. Takao. Edaphologia 31: 13–19. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1985). [Altitudinal distribution of soil pseudoscorpions at Mt. Funagata, Yamagata Prefecture]. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 40: 21–24. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1986). Soil pseudoscorpions in the cool temperate forests of Japan. In: Hanxi, Y, Zhan, W, Jeffers, J.N.R. and Ward, P.A. (ed.) The temperate forest ecosystem, ITE Symposium no. 20, Proceedings of International Symposium on Temperate Forest Ecosystem Management and Environmental Protection, China: 94–96. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1988). [Seasonal fluctuations of some pseudoscorpions in Yokohama, central Japan]. Edaphologia 38: 11–16. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1991a). [Pseudoscorpiones]. In: Aoki, J. (ed.) [Pictorial keys to soil animals of Japan] Tokai University Press, Tokai: 64–69. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1992). Abnormal segmentation of the abdomen in Japanese pseudoscorpions, Allochthonius opticus and Garypus japonicus. Atypus 100: 27–31. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (1994b). [Pseudoscorpions]. In: Environment Agency (ed.) [A checklist of the Japanese species of wildlife] Japan Wildlife Research Center, Tokyo: 79–81. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. (2012). [Seasonal changes of the soil pseudoscorpions in Yamagata Prefecture, Tohoku-district, Japan]. Bulletin of Tsurumi University. Part 4, Studies in Humanites, Social and Natural Sciences 49: 117–130. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. & Yamamoto, E. (2000). [Faunistic data of soil pseudoscorpions from Odamiyama area, Ehime Prefecture]. In: Nature of Odamiyama I: 663–669. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H. & Yamauchi, S. (2001). [Pseudoscorpiones fauna of the Hakkoda Mountain Range, Aomori Pref., Japan]. Journal of the Natural History Society of Aomori 6: 61–65. -- Show included taxa

Sato, H., Takano, M. & Nakajima, H. (1988). [Faunistic data of moths, myriapods, and pseudoscorpions in the Miura peninsula, Japan]. Proceedings of the Society of the Private High School in Kanagawa-ken 63: 12–24. -- Show included taxa

Takano, M., Tashiro, A., Sato, H. & Nakajima, H. (1989). [Faunistic data of moths, myriapods, pseudoscorpions and land snails from the Hakone, Central Japan]. Ibid. Heisei 1: 59–77. -- Show included taxa

Takashima, H. (1960). [Encyclopaedia zoologica illustrated in colours]. Hokuryu-kan Publishing, Tokyo 4. -- Show included taxa

Yamamoto, T., Nakagoshi, N. & Touyama, Y. (2001). Ecological study of pseudoscorpion fauna in the soil organic layer in managed and abandoned secondary forests. Ecological Research 16: 593–602. -- Show included taxa

Yamauchi, T., Kadowaki, H., Yamamoto, T. & Sato, H. (2009). [Soil pseudoscorpiones collected from Oki Islands, Japan]. Hoshizaki Gurin Zaidan Kenkyu Hokoku 12: 281–284. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. & Harms, D. (2022). The pseudoscorpion genus Centrochthonius (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from central Asia and description of a new species from Nepal. Journal of Arachnology 50: 158–174. -- Show included taxa

You, J.Y., Yoo, J.-S., Harvey, M.S. & Harms, D. (2022). Some cryptic Korean karst creatures: revalidation of the pseudoscorpion genus Spelaeochthonius (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) and description of two new species from Korea. Journal of Arachnology 50: 135–157. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-09-25 New taxonomic reference entry You, Yoo, Harvey and Harms, 2022
2022-09-24 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey and Harms, 2022
2022-04-09 New taxonomic reference entry Ohira, Sato, Tsutsumi, Kaneko and Choi, 2018