Genus: Geogarypus Chamberlin, 1930 | Family: Geogarypidae Chamberlin, 1930 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Geogarypus deceptor Neethling and Haddad, 2016

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Geogarypus deceptor

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:dd9500ec-2633-4a9a-b765-9cfb39264ffe

Taxonomic references

Geogarypus deceptor

Neethling and Haddad, 2016: 41–43, figs 163–178 original description
Harvey, Hillyer, Carvajal and Huey, 2020: 36 (as Afrogarypus deceptor)
Harvey, Benavides, Miller, Cosgrove, Giribet and Rix, 2025: 4, fig. 2

Distribution
Distribution table
South Africa
Type locality: Cape Vidal, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Cape Vidal, iSimangaliso Wetland Park -28.133333 32.55
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

136B9506-C3C7-4869-8976-0D56271D048C

References

Neethling, J.A. & Haddad, C.R. (2016). A systematic revision of the South African pseudoscorpions of the family Geogarypidae (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Indago 32: 1–80. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S., Hillyer, M.J., Carvajal, J.I. & Huey, J.A. (2020). Supralittoral pseudoscorpions of the genus Garypus (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypidae) from the Indo-West Pacific region, with a review of the subfamily classification of Garypidae. Invertebrate Systematics 34: 34–87. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S., Benavides, L.R., Miller, T.L., Cosgrove, J.G., Giribet, G. & Rix, M.G. (2025). The phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic pseudoscorpion family Menthidae (Pseudoscorpiones): a revised superfamily assignment based on new molecular data. Invertebrate Systematics 39(IS24087): 1–16. doi: 10.1071/IS24087 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-09-19 Taxonomic reference update Harvey, Hillyer, Carvajal and Huey, 2020
2026-09-19 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey, Benavides, Miller, Cosgrove, Giribet and Rix, 2025
2021-12-25 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey, Hillyer, Carvajal and Huey, 2020