Pseudochiridiidae Chamberlin, 1923

Family

Pseudochiridium sp. from East Timor  (Image: M. Harvey)

The Pseudochiridiinae was first treated as a distinct group by Chamberlin (1923), who used the spelling Pseudocheiridiinae. The Pseudochiridiinae was segregated as a separate family by Hoff (1964).

Composition

The Pseudochiridiinae contains two genera, Pseudochiridium with 11 species and Paracheiridium with one species.

Distribution

Species of this family have been recorded from the African region, Asia and the Caribbean.

Distribution Count
1
Angola 1
Australia 1
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) 2
Congo 1
Dominican Republic 2
Indonesia 2
India 2
Kenya 1
Madagascar 1
Myanmar 1
Malaysia 1
Nepal 1
Philippines 1
Seychelles 1
Chad 1
Tanzania 1
United States 1
South Africa 2

Important References

Vachon, M. (1938d). Remarques sur la famille des Cheiridiidae, Chamberlin, à propos d'un nouveau genre et d'une nouvelle espèce: Paracheiridium decaryi (Arachnida Pseudoscorpionidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 43: 235-241.

Vitali-di Castri, V. (1970). Pseudochiridiinae (Pseudoscorpionida) du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Remarques sur la sous-famille et description de deux nouvelles espèces de Madagascar et d'Angola. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2) 41: 1175-1199.

References

Pseudochiridiinae Chamberlin, 1923c: 370 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]); Chamberlin, 1931a: 235-236 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]); Beier, 1932e: 3-4 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]); Roewer, 1937: 275 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]); Vitali-di Castri, 1970b: 1195; Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977: 9 (as Pseudocheiridiinae [sic]). Pseudochiridiidae Chamberlin: Hoff, 1964c: 89-90; Harvey, 1985b: 149; Muchmore, 1982a: 101; Harvey, 1991a: 444; Harvey, 1992c: 1418.