Genus: Roncus L. Koch, 1873 | Family: Neobisiidae Chamberlin, 1930 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Roncus cerberus (Simon, 1879)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Obisium (Blothrus) cerverus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:60c008e9-5d1d-492f-a62e-95d435bba70a

Taxonomic references

Obisium (Blothrus) cerberus

Simon, 1879a: 67–68, plate 19 fig. 13 original description
Navás, 1924: 43 (as Obisium (Blothrus) cerverus [sic])
Berland, 1929: 17

Obisium cerberus Simon:

Navás, 1925: 120 (possible misidentification)

Obisium (Obisium) cerberus Simon:

Jeannel, 1926: 154

Roncus (Parablothrus) cerberus (Simon):

Beier, 1932a: 133, fig. 162
Roewer, 1937: 249
Beier, 1963b: 191–192, fig. 200
Leclerc and Heurtault, 1979: 245
Heurtault, 1986c: 27

Roncus cerberus (Simon):

Wolf, 1938: 616
Harvey, 1991a: 403
Delfosse, 2003b: 36
Delfosse, 2024: 23

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Palearctic

France (mainland)
Type locality: Grotte de Vallon, near Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Ardèche, Rhône-Alpes, France. Grotte Saint-Isch, near Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France. Grotte des Demoiselles, Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois, near Ganges, Hérault, Languedoc-Rousillon, France.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Bourg-Saint-Andéol 44.4482 4.5989
2 Arles 43.6767 4.6278
3 Grotte des Demoiselles 43.907546 3.744778
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

32B7497F-AD10-4DCE-BF7C-FFE0A20F785E

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

Berland, L. (1929). Arachnides et Crustacès. In: Perrier, R. (ed.) Faune de la France en tableaux synoptiques Librairie Delagrave, Paris 2: 1–220. -- 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

Jeannel, R. (1926). Faune cavernicole de la France avec une étude des conditions d'existence dans le domaine souterrain. In: Encyclopédique entomologique P. Lechevalier, Paris 7: 1–335. -- Show included taxa

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

Navás, L. (1924). Quernets de la vall d'Arán (Leyda) recollits pel Gmà. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Historia Naturale 41: 43. -- Show included taxa

Navás, L. (1925). Sinopsis de los Quernetos (Arácnidos) de la Península Ibérica. Broteria, Zoologica 22: 99–130. ZooBank: B90257F0-BF22-4804-8F0E-DF9B2455EDCF -- 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

Simon, E. (1879a). Les Ordres des Chernetes, Scorpiones et Opiliones. In: Les Arachnides de France Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris 7: 1–332. ZooBank: 78DA0F27-A5A9-40C4-A3A0-6CCC966E0B70 -- Show included taxa

Wolf, B. (1938). Animalium cavernarum catalogus. Junk, Gravenhage 3. -- 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
2026-08-22 New taxonomic reference entry Delfosse, 2024