Genus: Caffrowithius Beier, 1932 | Family: Chernetidae Menge, 1855 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Caffrowithius elgonensis (Vachon, 1945)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Plesiochernes elgonensis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:79c662e6-4ba2-4f0d-a8c8-43351b1a13f6

Genus type of Plesiochernes Vachon, 1945

Taxonomic references

Plesiochernes elgonensis

Vachon, 1945b: 188–189, figs 1–6 original description
Beier, 1955c: 551–553, fig. 16

Caffrowithius elgonensis (Vachon):

Mahnert, 1982e: 698–700, figs 14–15
Harvey, 1991a: 550
Beron, 2002: 37

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Afrotropic

Kenya
Uganda
Type locality: Mount Elgon, , Kenya.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Mount Elgon 1.1 34.55
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:303D78CB-DF34-4906-BAFF-44CB611EC30D

References

Beier, M. (1955c). Pseudoscorpionidea, gesammelt während der schwedischen Expeditionen nach Ostafrika 1937–38 und 1948. Arkiv för Zoologi (2) 7: 527–558. -- Show included taxa

Beron, P. (2002). On the high altitude pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida) in the Old World. Historia Naturalis Bulgarica 14: 29–44. -- Show included taxa

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

Mahnert, V. (1982e). Die Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida) Kenyas V. Chernetidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 89: 691–712. -- Show included taxa

Vachon, M. (1945b). Mission scientifique l'Omo, vol. 6, part 10. Chernètes. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, nouvelle série 19: 187–197. -- Show included taxa

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