Genus: Minniza Simon, 1881 | Family: Olpiidae Banks, 1895 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Minniza graeca (L. Koch, 1873)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Olpium graecum

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:6b7d37d7-da0c-40f4-81a8-fca640e60f95

Taxonomic references

Olpium graecum

Koch, 1873: 36–37 original description

Olpium (?) graecum L. Koch:

Beier, 1932a: 186
Roewer, 1937: 262

Minniza graeca (L. Koch):

Beier, 1963b: 232–233
Beier, 1966f: 343
Schawaller in Schmalfuss and Schawaller, 1984: 4, figs 4–10
Harvey, 1991a: 285
Zaragoza, 2001b: 77–78
Harvey and Bosmans, 2016: 58, 59, fig. 6
Gardini and Gavalas, 2021: 65–67, figs 88–93

Not Olpium graecum L. Koch:

Beier, 1929a: 358–359 (misidentification; see Minniza babylonica Beier)

Synonyms
Minniza hirsti cypria Beier and Turk, 1952 -- synonymised by Schmalfuss and Schawaller, 1984: 4
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:e1f63dee-30f4-4b14-89ad-49e8d962a712
Minniza hirsti cypria
Beier and Turk, 1952: 766–767, fig. 1 (synonymised by Schawaller, in Schmalfuss and Schawaller, 1984: 4) original description
Minniza cypria Beier and Turk:
Beier, 1961h: 141
Beier, 1963b: 233
Beier, 1965d: 632
Beier, 1966e: 162
Minniza cretica Beier, 1956 -- synonymised by Beier, 1963b: 233
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:9b13d278-efa9-4c9e-b49a-c9d9c931dc35
Minniza cretica
Beier, 1956g: 8–9 (synonymised by Beier, 1963b: 233) original description
Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Palearctic

Cyprus
Greece (Crete, Dodekanisos, Kyklades)
Type locality: Syros (as "Syra"), Kikladhes, Voreio Aigaio, Greece.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Syros (island) 37.433333 24.916666
Type repository
  • Holotype adult (BMNH 1913.9.1.452)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B0809558-B4C7-4A15-90DA-8EF78EFF00A2

References

Beier, M. (1929a). Die Pseudoskorpione des Wiener Naturhistorischen Museums. II. Panctenodactyli. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 43: 341–367. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1932a). Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord. Chthoniinea et Neobisiinea. Tierreich 57: i–xx, 1–258. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1956g). Über einige Pseudoscorpione von Kreta. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt, Wien 8: 8–9. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1961h). Ergebnisse der von Dr. O. Paget und Dr. E. Kritscher auf Rhodos durchgeführten zoologischen Exkursionen. V. Pseudoscorpionidea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 64: 139–142. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1963b). Ordnung Pseudoscorpionidea (Afterskorpione). In: Bestimmungsbücher zur Bodenfauna Europas Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1: vi, 313 pp.. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1965d). Ergebnisse der von Dr. O. Paget und Dr. E. Kritscher auf Rhodos durchgeführten zoologischen Exkursionen. Teil XI. Pseudoscorpionidea (2. Teil). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 68: 631–633. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1966e). Über Pseudoskorpione der Insel Rhodos. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 69: 161–167. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1966f). Zoologische Aufsammlungen auf Kreta. Pseudoscorpionidea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 69: 343–346. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. & Turk, F.A. (1952). On two collections of Cyprian Pseudoscorpionidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 5: 766–771. -- Show included taxa

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

Harvey, M.S. & Bosmans, R. (2016). Order Pseudoscorpiones, pseudoscorpions. In: Sparrow, D.J. and John, E. (ed.) An introduction to the wildlife of Cyprus Terra Cypria, Lemesos: 521–524. -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1873). Uebersichtliche Dartstellung der Europäischen Chernetiden (Pseudoscorpione). Bauer und Raspe, Nürnberg. -- 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

Schmalfuss, H. & Schawaller, W. (1984). Die Fauna der Ägäis-Insel Santorin. Teil 5. Arachnida und Crustacea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) 371: 1–16. -- Show included taxa

Zaragoza, J.A. (2001b). Minniza iberica n. sp., primera cita del género para la Península Ibérica y redescripcíon de Minniza algerica Beier, 1931 (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida, Olpiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 3: 69–78. -- Show included taxa

Gardini, G. & Gavalas, I. (2021). The pseudoscorpions of the island of Iraklia (Cyclades, Greece). Parnassiana Archives 9: 43–78. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-09-26 New taxonomic reference entry Gardini and Gavalas, 2021