Genus: Anatemnus Beier, 1932 | Family: Atemnidae Kishida, 1929 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Anatemnus novaguineensis (With, 1908)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Chelifer nova–guineensis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:7f5e1a84-b486-4957-bdf9-69ae740c2752

Taxonomic references

Chelifer novaguineensis

With, 1908b: 19–22, figs 5–6, plate 2 figs 9–12 (as Chelifer nova–guineensis) original description

Chelifer (Atemnus) javanus Thorell:

Ellingsen, 1910a: 358 (misidentification)

Anatemnus novaguineensis (With):

Beier, 1932b: 584 (as Anatemnus nova–guineensis)
Beier, 1932e: 53–54 (as Anatemnus nova–guineensis)
Chamberlin, 1934b: 8 (as Anatemnus nova–guineensis)
Roewer, 1937: 283 (as Anatemnus nova–guineensis)
Beier, 1965g: 768–769, fig. 11
Beier, 1966d: 140
Beier, 1966g: 371
Beier, 1970g: 320
Beier, 1982: 43
Harvey, 1991a: 452–453
Judson, 1997a: 30
Klausen, 2005: 643, fig. 23
Delfosse, 2024: 25

Synonyms
Paratemnus insularis Beier, 1932 -- replaced homonym
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Paratemnus insularis
Beier, 1932b: 568 original description
Beier, 1932e: 38, fig. 41
Roewer, 1937: 283 (junior secondary homonym of Paratemnoides insularis (Banks))
Paratemnus histrionicus Chamberlin, 1934 -- synonymised by Beier, 1965g: 769
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:2bc4759b-9f2a-49b5-91ea-424e363006e4
Paratemnus histrionicus
Chamberlin, 1934b: 8 original description
Beier, 1964e: 405–406, fig. 2 (replacement name for Paratemnus insularis Beier; synonymised by Beier, 1965g: 769)
Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Australasia

Indonesia (West Papua)
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Type locality: Blanche Bay, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Blanche Bay -4.266666 152.216666
Type repository
  • Syntypes: 3 males, 2 females, 1 nymph (BMNH)
Zoobank LSID

1CB8BA1E-DFAC-4EDB-B797-159A869F28D4

References

Beier, M. (1932b). Revision der Atemnidae (Pseudoscorpionidea). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 62: 547–610. ZooBank: 96790986-9D05-405B-A5B4-F64409AC689F -- 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. (1964e). Pseudoscorpione von Neu-Caledonien. Pacific Insects 6: 403–411. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1965g). Die Pseudoscorpioniden Neu-Guineas und der benachbarten Inseln. Pacific Insects 7: 749–796. ZooBank: 23579B0C-0D6F-4FB6-8CB9-1A3193E4F539 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1966d). Die Pseudoscorpioniden der Salomon-Inseln. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 69: 133–159. ZooBank: 456CFC37-03A5-4155-83E6-2575EB98875B -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1966g). Ergebnisse der österreichischen Neukaledonien-Expedition 1965. Pseudoscorpionidea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 69: 363–371. ZooBank: FDD3BD0A-00C7-4F95-A22B-AFB857D8C68D -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1970g). Die Pseudoscorpione der Royal Society Expedition 1965 zu den Salomon-Inseln. Journal of Natural History 4: 315–328. ZooBank: B6AF84F0-C1FB-4643-BC0E-5C99A60D5028 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1982). Zoological results of the British Speleological Expedition to Papua New Guinea 1975. 9. Pseudoscorpionidea. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 19: 43–45. -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, J.C. (1934b). Check list of the false scorpions of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 10(22): 1–14. ZooBank: 733E1B8D-01E5-45E5-8104-A6CD6DFD8D3E -- 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

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester: 725 pp. ZooBank: 631468A0-92DC-4DAC-A05D-6C46F6052D65 -- Show included taxa

Judson, M.L.I. (1997a). Catalogue of the pseudoscorpion types (Arachnida: Chelonethi) in the Natural History Museum, London. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 11: 1–54. -- Show included taxa

Klausen, F.E. (2005). The male genitalia of the family Atemnidae (Pseudoscorpiones). Journal of Arachnology 33: 641–662. -- 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. (1908b). Remarks on the Chelonethi. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn (6) 10: 1–25. ZooBank: E50C0F9B-9393-44EB-A986-C936AEBF95CD -- Show included taxa

Delfosse, E. (2024). Catalogue des Pseudoscorpions de France Arachnida : Pseudoscorpiones) – métropole et territoires d’outre-mer. Bulletin de l’Association Française d’Arachnologie 12: 15–41. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-08-23 New taxonomic reference entry Delfosse, 2024