Genus: Chthonius C.L. Koch, 1843 | Family: Chthoniidae Daday, 1889 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Chthonius mayi Heurtault-Rossi, 1968

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Chthonius (Chthonius) mayi

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:f8a1a137-4a77-4b3e-9f8b-bd047c048187

Taxonomic references

Chthonius (Chthonius) cephalotes (Simon):

Beier, 1932a: 49, fig. 53 (misidentification)

Chthonius (Chthonius) cephalotes cephalotes (Simon):

Beier, 1932a: 49 (misidentification)
Beier, 1963b: 28–29, fig. 20 (misidentification)

Chthonius (Chthonius) mayi

Heurtault-Rossi, 1968a: 916–920, figs 7–12
Leclerc and Heurtault, 1979: 241, map 2
Heurtault, 1986c: 20
Harvey, 1991a: 155
Delfosse, 2003b: 28–29
Aberlenc, 2015: 9, fig. 8

Chthonius mayi Heurtault-Rossi:

Delfosse, 2024: 21

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Palearctic

France (mainland)
Type locality: Tharaux, Gard, Languedoc-Rousillon, France.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Tharaux 44.25 4.316666
Type repository
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References

Beier, M. (1932a). Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord. Chthoniinea et Neobisiinea. Tierreich 57: i–xx, 1–258. ZooBank: B3C26810-2872-450D-9F01-FC72C0D4D300 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1963b). Ordnung Pseudoscorpionidea (Afterskorpione). In: Bestimmungsbücher zur Bodenfauna Europas Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1: vi, 313 pp.. ZooBank: 83FC1B3A-280F-480D-B46A-AE717C91872F -- Show included taxa

Delfosse, E. (2003b). Catalogue préliminaire des Pseudoscorpions de France métropolitaine (Arachnida Pseudoscorpiones). Bulletin de Phyllie 17: 24–48. -- 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

Heurtault, J. (1986c). Pseudoscorpions cavernicoles de France: revue synoptique. Mémoires de Biospéologie 12: 19–32. -- Show included taxa

Heurtault-Rossi, J. (1968a). Quelques remarques sur deux espèces cavernicoles de Chthonius des départements des Bouches-du Rhône et du Gard: Chthonius (C.) cephalotes (Simon, 1875) et Chthonius mayi sp. nov. (Pseudoscorpions, Chthoniidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2) 39: 912–922. -- Show included taxa

Leclerc, P. & Heurtault, J. (1979). Pseudoscorpions de l'Ardèche. Revue Arachnologique 2: 239–247. -- Show included taxa

Aberlenc, H.-P. (2015). Les Arthropodes souterrains de l'écocomplexe de Païolive. In: Chabaud, M. and LHomme, M. (eds) Païolive souterrain Association Païolive: Lablachère: 1–40. -- 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
2026-08-24 New taxonomic reference entry Delfosse, 2024
2023-04-03 New taxonomic reference entry Aberlenc, 2015
2022-03-18 Species updated Old value