Genus: Afrosternophorus Beier, 1967 | Family: Sternophoridae Chamberlin, 1923 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Afrosternophorus ceylonicus (Beier, 1973)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Sternophorus ceylonicus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:3cc15d2b-b9fa-44f8-adb6-4508b093c900

Taxonomic references

Sternophorus ceylonicus

Beier, 1973d: 47, fig. 11 original description

Afrosternophorus ceylonicus (Beier):

Harvey, 1985e: 174–177, figs 53, 65–66, 80–85, 90, map 4
Zeh, 1987b: 1087
Mathew and Joseph, 2021: 161–163, fig. 5

Synonyms
Sternophorus indicus Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977 -- synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174
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Sternophorus indicus
Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977: 119–121, figs 39a–c (synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174) original description
Sternophorus (Sternophorus) transiens Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977 -- synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174
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Sternophorus (Sternophorus) transiens
Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977: 121–123, figs 40a–e (synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174) original description
Sternophorus (Sternophorus) montanus Sivaraman, 1981 -- synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174
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Sternophorus (Sternophorus) montanus
Sivaraman, 1981a: 315–317, figs 1a–b (synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174) original description
Sternophorus (Afrosternophorus) femoratus Sivaraman, 1981 -- synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174
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Sternophorus (Afrosternophorus) femoratus
Sivaraman, 1981a: 317–319, figs 2a–b (synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174) original description
Sternophorus (Afrosternophorus) intermedius Sivaraman, 1981 -- synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:e080e0a4-2414-4c28-8918-a3132426fa4b
Sternophorus (Afrosternophorus) intermedius
Sivaraman, 1981a: 319–321, figs 3a–d (synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174) original description
Indogaryops amrithiensis Sivaraman, 1981 -- synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174 synonymised by Reference missing
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:db44dcbf-09d8-4aa4-ac4d-90c736bb2426
Indogaryops amrithiensis
Sivaraman, 1981a: 322–324, figs 4a–d (synonymised by Harvey, 1985c: 174) original description
Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Indo-Malaya

India
Sri Lanka
Type locality: Chempiyanpattu (as "Chemiyanpattu"), 18 miles SE. of Point Pedro, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Chempiyanpattu 9.65 80.366666
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

CCEB18CC-C324-4EE9-83B6-93444BA26BD8

References

Beier, M. (1973d). Pseudoscorpionidea von Ceylon. Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement 4: 39–55. ZooBank: E9712618-B13A-48D2-A6AD-A04AD32348C4 -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1985c). Palpigradi. In: Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra 3: 158–159. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1985e). The systematics of the family Sternophoridae (Pseudoscorpionida). Journal of Arachnology 13: 141–209. ZooBank: 80BEDE47-05E7-462F-9197-3C8114B00EAE -- Show included taxa

Murthy, V.A. & Ananthakrishnan, T.N. (1977). Indian Chelonethi. Oriental Insects Monograph 4: 1–210. ZooBank: 6D88AA42-AE75-480A-9F7D-F89258C3C21F -- Show included taxa

Sivaraman, S. (1981a). Systematics of some South Indian sternophorid pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpionida, Monosphyronida). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 88: 313–325. ZooBank: B6D333EA-868E-4409-9AC1-6DB020BECA8F -- Show included taxa

Zeh, D.W. (1987b). Aggression, density, and sexual dimorphism in chernetid pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida). Evolution 41: 1072–1087. -- Show included taxa

Mathew, A.V. & Joseph, M.M. (2021). New species of Afrosternophorus Beier, 1967 (Pseudoscorpiones: Sternophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats and first record of Afrosternophorus ceylonicus Beier, 1973 from the Western Ghats in Kerala. International Journal of Entomology Research 6: 161–164. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-03-19 Taxonomic reference update Mathew and Joseph, 2021