Genus: Apocheiridium Chamberlin, 1924 | Family: Cheiridiidae Hansen, 1894 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Apocheiridium cavicola Mahnert, 1993

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Apocheiridium cavicola

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:2d6819b0-422d-4440-8406-e8f3560752f1

Taxonomic references

Apocheiridium cavicola

Mahnert, 1993b: 989–992, figs 43–47 original description
Ashmole and Ashmole, 1997: 556, 579
Sherwood, Grignet, Harvey, Sharp, Wilkins, Ashmole and Ashmole, 2024: 140, figs 7A–C

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Afrotropic

St. Helena (Ascension Island)
Type locality: Ravin Cave, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Ravin Cave -7.966666 -14.366666
Type repository
    N/A
References

Ashmole, N.P. & Ashmole, M.J. (1997). The land fauna of Ascension Island: new data from caves and lava flows, and a reconstruction of the prehistoric ecosystem. Journal of Biogeography 24: 549–589. -- Show included taxa

Mahnert, V. (1993b). Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) von Inseln des Mittelmeers und des Atlantiks (Balearen, Kanarische Inseln, Madeira, Ascension), mit vorwiegend subterraner Lebensweise. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 100: 971–992. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Grignet, V., Harvey, M.S., Sharp, A., Wilkins, V., Ashmole, M. & Ashmole, P. (2024). David and Goliath: on the pseudoscorpions of Ascension Island, including the world’s largest, Garypus titanius Beier, 1961, and a new, minute, Neocheiridium Beier, 1932 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Natura Somogyiensis 42: 131–150. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-05-04 Species updated Old value
2024-05-04 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, Grignet, Harvey, Sharp, Wilkins, Ashmole and Ashmole, 2024