Afrogarypus purcelli (Ellingsen, 1912)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Garypus Purcelli

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:34865567-057c-4a9f-9ebe-a057d7bf297e


Taxonomic references

Garypus purcelli

Ellingsen, 1912b: 110–112 original description

Geogarypus (Geogarypus) purcelli (Ellingsen):

Beier, 1932a: 235
Roewer, 1937: 270
Beier, 1955l: 300, fig. 19

Geogarypus purcelli (Ellingsen):

Beier, 1964k: 59
Beier, 1966k: 461
Harvey, 1986: 760
Harvey, 1991a: 259
Haddad and Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2009: 9

Afrogarypus purcelli (Ellingsen):

Neethling and Haddad, 2016: 28–31, figs 110–122
Harvey, Hillyer, Carvajal and Huey, 2020: 36, figs 1, 2
Harvey, Benavides, Miller, Cosgrove, Giribet and Rix, 2025: 4, fig. 2

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Afrotropic

South Africa
Type locality: Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Beaufort West -32.35 25.583333
Type repository
  • Holotype female (South African Museum)
Zoobank LSID

2350CC03-1504-4CD0-A874-629EEF853131

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. (1955l). Pseudoscorpionidea. In: Hanstrom, B., Brinck, P. and Rudebeck, G. (ed.) South African animal life. Results of the Lund Expedition in 1950–1951 Almquist and Wiksell, Stockholm 1: 263–328. ZooBank: 918048F7-C43F-48E4-A8FC-5D243079F2C7 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1964k). Weiteres zur Kenntnis der Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna des südlichen Afrika. Annals of the Natal Museum 16: 30–90. ZooBank: 4BF6BC5E-A38B-41E9-B047-3E1842B6251B -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1966k). Ergänzungen zur Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna des südlichen Afrika. Annals of the Natal Museum 18: 455–470. ZooBank: FE2D8CA4-398E-476D-9EE2-430CD3E5D382 -- Show included taxa

Ellingsen, E. (1912b). The pseudoscorpions of South Africa, based on the collections of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum 10: 75–128. ZooBank: E79B2FAF-B420-4EBF-9D47-21AFD0C00202 -- Show included taxa

Haddad, C.R. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. (2009). A checklist of the non-acarine arachnids (Chelicerata: Arachnida) of the De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Koedoe 51(2): 1–9. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1986). The Australian Geogarypidae, new status, with a review of the generic classification (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 753–778. ZooBank: 352A58A3-EF6F-4BF1-968E-0A4FC064B748 -- 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

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

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

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
2026-08-24 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey, Benavides, Miller, Cosgrove, Giribet and Rix, 2025
2022-07-02 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey, Hillyer, Carvajal and Huey, 2020
2021-12-24 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey, Hillyer, Carvajal and Huey, 2020