Chelifer Geoffroy, 1762
Genus
| Distribution | Count |
|---|---|
| 8 | |
| Afghanistan | 2 |
| Albania | 2 |
| Argentina | 4 |
| Austria | 2 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 2 |
| Brazil | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) | 2 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
| Chile | 4 |
| China | 1 |
| Cuba | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 2 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Denmark | 2 |
| Algeria | 2 |
| Estonia | 2 |
| Egypt | 2 |
| Spain | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| France | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Georgia | 2 |
| Ghana | 2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 |
| Greece | 2 |
| Croatia | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 |
| Israel | 2 |
| India | 3 |
| Iceland | 2 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Japan | 2 |
| Kenya | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 |
| Luxembourg | 2 |
| Latvia | 2 |
| Madagascar | 2 |
| Macedonia | 2 |
| Mongolia | 2 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 |
| Malawi | 2 |
| Mexico | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Norway | 2 |
| New Zealand | 2 |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| Poland | 2 |
| Romania | 2 |
| Serbia | 2 |
| Russia | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Slovakia | 2 |
| Turkmenistan | 2 |
| Turkey | 2 |
| Tanzania | 3 |
| United States | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 |
| Vietnam | 2 |
| South Africa | 2 |
Type species
of Chelifer: Acarus cancroides Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation of Latreille, 1802: 48.
of Obisium: Acarus cancroides Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation of Westwood, 1836: 10.
References
Chelifer Geoffroy, 1762: 617-618; de Geer, 1783a: 27; Fourcroy, 1785: 526; Latreille, 1796: 186; Geoffroy, 1799: 617-618; Lamarck, 1801: 177; Latreille, 1802: 48; Latreille, 1804: 138-141; Latreille, 1806: 132; Latreille, 1810: 118; Latreille, 1817: 108-109; Lamarck, 1818: 79-80; Duméril, 1823: 237; Latreille, 1825a: 131; Risso, 1826: 157; Théis, 1832: 69; Latreille, 1834: 316; Latreille, 1837: 316; C.L. Koch, 1839: 3-4; Gervais, 1849: 11; C.L. Koch, 1850: 3-4; Menge, 1855: 29-30; McIntire, 1868: 8; Stecker, 1874b: 235; Stecker, 1875d: 88; Simon, 1879a: 20; Tömösváry, 1882b: 195; Canestrini, 1883: no. 1; Hansen, 1884: 536-537; Balzan, 1887a: no pagination; Balzan, 1890: 411-412; Banks, 1891: 162; Balzan, 1892: 510; O.P.-Cambridge, 1892: 218-219; Becker, 1896: 326-327; Tullgren, 1899a: 165-166; Planet, 1905: 281-283; Tullgren, 1906a: 201; With, 1906: 117-130; Kew, 1911a: 39-40; Lessert, 1911: 9; Chamberlin, 1923c: 372; Pratt, 1927: 409; Schenkel, 1928: 56-57; Väänänen, 1928a: 18; Chamberlin, 1932a: 19; Beier, 1932e: 235-236; Chamberlin, 1935b: 481; G.O. Evans and Browning, 1954: 17; Hoff, 1956d: 3; Morikawa, 1960: 150-151; Meinertz, 1962: 101-102; Beier, 1963b: 286-287; Legg and Jones, 1988: 135; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1989: 143; Harvey, 1991a: 487.
Obisium Illiger, 1798: 501 (synonymised by Chamberlin, 1930: 12).
Chelifer (Chelifer) Geoffroy: Simon, 1878a: 146; Balzan, 1892: 528; Kew, 1911a: 47; Lessert, 1911: 18; Nonidez, 1917: 20.



Chelifer timidus Holmberg, 1874
Species, nomen dubium