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Ceriochernes besucheti Beier 1973
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Ceriochernes besucheti Beier, 1973
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Ceriochernes besucheti Beier 1973: 51, fig 15; Harvey 1991: 553.
Distribution. Sri Lanka.
Previous record. Sabaragamuwa Province: Kegalle (type locality).
New records. Northwestern Province: Kurunegala District: L 10; Western Province: Gampaha District: L 36.
Remarks. Ceriochernes besucheti was found in the Ethagala Range. This species has the characteristic number of three rallar blades seen in most congeners, as stated by Harvey & Volschenk (2007).
Notes
Published as part of Batuwita, Sudesh & Benjamin, Suresh P., 2014, An annotated checklist and a family key to the pseudoscorpion fauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of Sri Lanka, pp. 37-67 in Zootaxa 3814 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/286221
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Chernetidae
- Genus
- Ceriochernes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Pseudoscorpiones
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Beier
- Species
- besucheti
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ceriochernes besucheti Beier, 1973 sec. Batuwita & Benjamin, 2014
References
- Beier, M. (1973) Pseudoscorpionidea von Ceylon. Entomologica Scandinavica, 4, 39 - 55.
- Harvey, M. S. (1991) Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. vi + 726.
- Harvey, M. S. & Volschenk, E. S. (2007) A review of some Australasian Chernetidae: Sundochernes, Troglochernes and a new genus (Pseudoscorpiones). Journal of Arachnology, 35, 238 - 277. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1636 / SH 06 - 41.1