Genus: Microchelifer Beier, 1944 | Family: Cheliferidae Risso, 1827 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Microchelifer minusculoides (Ellingsen, 1912)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Chelifer minusculoides

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:ff6fc320-18a4-4c43-b684-02799e240611

Taxonomic references

Chelifer minusculoides

Ellingsen, 1912b: 94–95 original description
Hewitt and Godfrey, 1929: 317–318, plate 21 fig. 4

Lophochernes minusculoides (Ellingsen):

Beier, 1932e: 248
Roewer, 1937: 315

Microchelifer minusculoides (Ellingsen):

Beier, 1958a: 184–185, fig. 15
Beier, 1964k: 80
Harvey, 1991a: 517
Haddad, Prendini, Neethling and Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2023: 12

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Afrotropic

South Africa
Type locality: Pirie Forest, King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Pirie -32.783333 27.216666
Type repository
  • Holotype male (Albany Museum?)
Zoobank LSID

C978032C-84FB-42F8-BDB6-C89EC319585D

References

Beier, M. (1932e). Pseudoscorpionidea II. Subord. C. Cheliferinea. Tierreich 58: i–xxi, 1–294. ZooBank: 98C7F989-4BB3-4C34-BECC-CB929322472B -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1958a). The Pseudoscorpionidea (false-scorpions) of Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 14: 155–187. ZooBank: AD4EAD5C-B076-40A5-9B44-9EB712741BCE -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1964k). Weiteres zur Kenntnis der Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna des südlichen Afrika. Annals of the Natal Museum 16: 30–90. ZooBank: 4BF6BC5E-A38B-41E9-B047-3E1842B6251B -- Show included taxa

Ellingsen, E. (1912b). The pseudoscorpions of South Africa, based on the collections of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum 10: 75–128. ZooBank: E79B2FAF-B420-4EBF-9D47-21AFD0C00202 -- 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

Hewitt, J. & Godfrey, R. (1929). South African pseudoscorpions of the genus Chelifer Geoffroy. Annals of the Natal Museum 6: 305–336. ZooBank: C9DFCB5B-A321-477E-A2CD-B03C305E01D7 -- 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

Haddad, C.R., Prendini, L., Neethling, J.-A. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. (2023). The non-acarine Arachnida of the Amathole Mountains, South Africa. Bothalia 53: 1–33. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-12-18 New taxonomic reference entry Haddad, Prendini, Neethling and Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2023