Genus: Mesochelifer Vachon, 1940 | Family: Cheliferidae Risso, 1827 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Mesochelifer insignis Callaini, 1986

SPECIES |   SYNONYM

Original combination: Mesochelifer insignis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:77c7a87e-889f-4b6c-adb1-aaecf1962da2

Junior synonym of: Mesochelifer fradei Vachon, 1940

Taxonomic references

Mesochelifer insignis

Callaini, 1986a: 1–7, figs 1a–g, plates 1–8 (synonymized by Zaragoza, 2009: 46) original description
Callaini, 1988b: 56
Harvey, 1991a: 516

Distribution
Distribution table
Type locality: Azeffoun, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Azeffoun 36.883333 4.416666
Type repository
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References

Callaini, G. (1986a). Mesochelifer insignis une nouvelle espèce de l'Algérie septentrionale (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida, Cheliferidae). Notulae Chernetologicae XX. Revue Arachnologique 7: 1–8. -- Show included taxa

Callaini, G. (1988b). Gli Pseudoscorpioni del Marocco. (Notulae Chernetologicae, XXVII). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 87: 31–66. -- Show included taxa

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

Zaragoza, J.A. (2009). Synonymy of Mesochelifer insignis Callaini, 1986 with Mesochelifer fradei Vachon, 1940 (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferidae), with remarks on the biology of the genus Mesochelifer Vachon. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 17: 45–51. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-01-23 Taxonomic reference update Callaini, 1986
2024-01-23 Taxonomic reference update Harvey, 1991