Genus: Cryptoditha Chamberlin and Chamberlin, 1945 | Family: Chthoniidae Daday, 1889 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Cryptoditha elegans (Beier, 1931)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Tridenchthonius elegans

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:b20c5f06-e47a-4b99-a6e9-badbed19344a

Genus type of Cryptoditha Chamberlin and Chamberlin, 1945

Taxonomic references

Tridenchthonius elegans

Beier, 1931b: 52 original description
Beier, 1932a: 34–35, figs 40–41
Roewer, 1937: 235
Helversen, 1966b: n/a, fig. 8e

Cryptoditha elegans (Beier):

Chamberlin and Chamberlin, 1945: 30, fig. 6
Beier, 1974d: 899
Harvey, 1991a: 220
Dashdamirov and Judson, 2004: 49, figs 18–24

Cryptoditha cf. elegans (Beier):

Mahnert, 2001: 96, figs 1–4
Bedoya-Roqueme, Tizo-Pedroso, Barbier and Lira, 2023: 319‒320

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Neotropic

Brazil (Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Santa Catarina)
Type locality: Passa Quatro, Minais Gerais, Brazil.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Passo Quatro -22.383333 -44.966666
Type repository
  • undefined Syntypes: 3 males, 1 TN (NHMW)
Zoobank LSID

2EA4AA59-6F17-4B08-ACFE-17FFD556EF8F

References

Beier, M. (1931b). Zur Kenntnis der Chthoniiden (Pseudoskorpione). Zoologischer Anzeiger 93: 49–56. ZooBank: C3F6C01D-C9DD-4851-A88B-2ED51AAD0F81 -- 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

Beier, M. (1974d). Brasilianische Pseudoscorpione aus dem Museum in Genf. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 81: 899–909. ZooBank: 1DC5D1BC-D42E-48BD-840D-BBB70A835E37 -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, J.C. & Chamberlin, R.V. (1945). The genera and species of the Tridenchthoniidae (Dithidae). A family of the arachnid order Chelonethida. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series 9(2): 1–67. ZooBank: F15E7B94-97F8-438A-BB72-25FAB687694F -- Show included taxa

Dashdamirov, S. & Judson, M.L.I. (2004). A new genus of the pseudoscorpion family Tridenchthoniidae from Pakistan, with notes on the South American genus Cryptoditha Chamberlin & Chamberlin, 1945 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Arthropoda Selecta 13: 45–50. ZooBank: 10687118-ED86-4121-9B4D-65B0E65E6C8C -- 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

Helversen, O. von (1966b). Über die Homologie der Tasthaare bei Pseudoskorpionen (Arach.). Senckenbergiana Biologica 47: 185–195. -- 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

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

Bedoya-Roqueme, E., Tizo-Pedroso, E., Barbier, E. & Lira, A.F.A. (2023). Two new cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion species (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5293(2): 317–332. ZooBank: F68B3A5C-E100-4F7A-A1A1-FC9933403700 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.2.6 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-03-13 Species updated Old value
2026-03-13 New taxonomic reference entry Bedoya-Roqueme, Tizo-Pedroso, Barbier and Lira, 2023