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Vachonobisium Vitali-di Castri 1963
Authors/Creators
- 1. Terrestrial Invertebrates Department, National Museum, P. O. Box 266, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa. ja. neethling @ nasmus. co. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1702 - 9566
- 2. Research Quality and Support, Clinglobal Limited, P. O. Box 11186, Bloemfontein 9321, South Africa. carmen. neethling @ clinglobal. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 6492 - 4798
Description
Genus Vachonobisium Vitali-di Castri, 1963
Vachonobisium Vitali-di Castri, 1963: 31; Harvey, 1992: 1409; Harvey, 1996: 258.
Type species: Vachonobisium troglophilum Vitali-di Castri, 1963.
Remarks. T he genus is characterized by the presence of a semi-circular ventral depression, with a small basal tooth, near the base of the movable chelal finger, as well as a heavily sclerotized expansion distal to the depression, on male specimens. It consists of three species, all occurring around Chile on mainland South America.
Species included: Vachonobisium heros (Beier, 1964), V.intermedium (Vitali-di Castri, 1963) and V.troglophilum Vitali-di Castri, 1963.
Notes
Published as part of Neethling, J. A. & Neethling, C., 2023, A systematic revision of the South African Gymnobisiidae (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisioidea), pp. 501-543 in Zootaxa 5256 (6) on pages 504-505, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.6.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7762456
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Vitali-di Castri
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Pseudoscorpiones
- Family
- Gymnobisiidae
- Genus
- Vachonobisium
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Vachonobisium Castri, 1963 sec. Neethling & Neethling, 2023
References
- Harvey, M. S. (1992) The phylogeny and classification of the Pseudoscorpionida (Chelicerata: Arachnida). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6, 1373 - 1435. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IT 9921373
- Harvey, M. S. (1996) The biogeography of Gondwanan pseudoscorpions (Arachnida). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Hors Serie, 1, 255 - 264.
- Beier, M. (1964) Weiteres zur kenntnis der Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna des Sudlichen Afrika. Annals of the Natal Museum, 16, 30 - 90.