Chelanops coecus (Gervais, 1849)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Chelifer (Chelanops) coecus

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Genus type of Chelanops Gervais, 1849

Taxonomic references

Chelifer (Chelanops) coecus

Gervais, 1849: 13, fig. 13 (as Chelanops cœcus) original description

Chelifer coecus Gervais:

With, 1908a: 327

Chelanops coecus (Gervais):

Joseph, 1927: 53–56, figs 1–2
Beier, 1959e: 215
Beier, 1962h: 135
Beier, 1964j: 499
Muchmore, 1999b: 105–107, figs 1–7
Mahnert, 2001: n/a, fig. 112
Mahnert, Di Iorio, Turienzo and Porta, 2011: 14

Chelanops (?) coecus (Gervais):

Beier, 1932e: 179
Roewer, 1937: 302

Chelanops (Chelanops) coecus (Gervais):

Beier, 1964b: 367–368
Cekalovic K., 1976: 18
Cekalovic K., 1984: 25
Harvey, 1991a: 554
Cekalovic K. and Cekalovic B., 2007: 36 (as Chelanops (Chelanops) coeccus [sic])
Ceballos and Ferradas, 2008: 111


Synonyms
Chelifer (Trachychernes) rotundimanus Ellingsen, 1910 -- synonymised by Beier, 1959e: 215
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Chelifer (Trachychernes) rotundimanus
Ellingsen, 1910a: 379–380 (synonymised by Beier, 1959e: 215) original description
Beier, 1930d: 199–201, figs 3a–b
Hesperochernes rotundimanus (Ellingsen):
Beier, 1930a: 200
Chelanops rotundimanus (Ellingsen):
Beier, 1932e: 177–178, fig. 185
Roewer, 1937: 302
Mello-Leitão, 1939a: 121
Chelanops chilensis Beier, 1932 -- synonymised by Muchmore, 1999b: 105
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Chelanops chilensis
Beier, 1932e: 178, fig. 186 (synonymised by Muchmore, 1999b: 105) original description
Beier, 1933a: 538–539, fig. 10
Roewer, 1937: 302
Chelanops (Chelanops) chilensis Beier:
Beier, 1964b: 366–367
Cekalovic K., 1984: 25
Harvey, 1991a: 554
Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Neotropic

Argentina
Chile
Type locality: Los Muermos, Los Lagos, Chile.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Los Muermos -41.4 -73.466666
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

089CE21D-676F-4BA1-8106-876C6CD777BB

References

Beier, M. (1930a). Die Pseudoskorpione des Wiener Naturhistorischen Museums. III. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 44: 199–222. ZooBank: 97557611-75F6-4704-BD2A-7F13C3BA91A7 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1930d). Alcuni Pseudoscorpioni esotici raccolti dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria del R. Istituto Superiore Agrario in Portici 23: 197–209. ZooBank: 78A7B13A-0EA6-40C8-82E8-7703A8056FBD -- Show included taxa

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. (1933a). Revision der Chernetidae (Pseudoscorp.). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 64: 509–548. ZooBank: 64E6CCFB-7E1C-4161-98A3-884055644CE8 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1959e). Zur Kenntnis der Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna des Andengebietes. Beiträge zur Neotropischen Fauna 1(3): 185–228. ZooBank: DB5C81A8-5AF6-43BB-9539-46B143FB9960 doi: 10.1080/01650525909380614 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1962h). Pseudoscorpionidea. In: Delamare Debouteville, C. and Rapoport, E. (ed.) Biologie de l'Amérique australe, etudes sur la faune du sol Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris 1: 131–137. ZooBank: B8B47603-E094-4907-BA02-DEDC71B51936 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1964b). Die Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna Chiles. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 67: 307–375. ZooBank: 52ECD59D-9556-4FCC-A028-BF4037176EE3 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1964j). The zoological results of Gy. Topál's collectings in South Argentina. 15. Pseudoscorpionidea.. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 56: 487–500. -- Show included taxa

Ceballos, A. & Ferradas, B., Rosso de (2008). Pseudoscorpiones. In: Claps, L.E., Debandi, G. and Roig-Juñent, S. (ed.) Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, Mendoza 2: 105–116. -- Show included taxa

Cekalovic K., T. (1976). Catalogo de los Arachnida: Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Opiliones, Acari, Araneae y Solifugae de la XII region de Chile, Magallanes incluyendo la Antartica Chilena (Chile). Gayana Zoologia 37: 1–108. -- Show included taxa

Cekalovic K., T. (1984). Catalogo de los Pseudoscorpiones y Palpigradi de Chile (Chelicerata). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 55: 7–35. -- Show included taxa

Cekalovic K., T. & Cekalovic B., W. (2007). Arthropoda y Mollusca del Parque Oncol (Valdivia, Region de los Rios, Chile). Primer Aporte. Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 78: 35–48. -- Show included taxa

Ellingsen, E. (1910a). Die Pseudoskorpione des Berliner Museums. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 4: 357–423. ZooBank: 62926334-DB89-4637-99C5-379ED55ED7D9 -- Show included taxa

Gervais, P. (1849). Aracnidos. In: Gay, C. (ed.) Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile, Zoologia Claudio Gay and Museo de Historia Naturel de Santiago, Paris and Santiago 4: 5–52. ZooBank: A7CB4622-9305-4559-8971-08E345437034 -- 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

Joseph, H.C. (1927). Observaciones sobre el Chelonops coecus Gerv.. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 31: 53–56. -- Show included taxa

Mahnert, V. (2001). Cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) from Brazil. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 108: 95–148. ZooBank: FDF6BE7F-89B9-46A7-8CAD-9876F5909F13 -- Show included taxa

Mahnert, V., Di Iorio, O., Turienzo, P. & Porta, A. (2011). Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida) from Argentina. New records of distributions and habitats, corrections and an identification key. Zootaxa 2881: 1–30. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. (1939a). Pseudoscorpionidos de Argentina. Notas del Museo de La Plata 4: 115–122. ZooBank: CDD3856D-8DCA-4EF2-9769-26C4A8536F6A -- Show included taxa

Muchmore, W.B. (1999b). Redefinition of the genus Chelanops Gervais (Pseudoscorpionida: Chernetidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 75: 103–111. -- 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

With, C.J. (1908a). An account of the South-American Cheliferinae in the collections of the British and Copenhagen Museums. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 18: 217–340. ZooBank: CDABE492-5420-4363-BCA6-4431E5EA27DF -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-08-21 Species updated Old value
2026-08-21 Taxonomic reference update Gervais, 1849