Hesperochthonius californicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chthonioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Pseudoscorpiones Subordo: Epiocheirata Superfamilia: Chthonioidea

Familia: Chthoniidae
Subfamilia: Chthoniinae
Genus: Hesperochthonius
Species: Hesperochthonius californicus

Name

Hesperochthonius californicus (Chamberlin, 1929)

Type locality: Berkeley, California, USA.

Holotype: CU. male ♂. I.1920. JC-66.01001.

Synonymy

• Chthonius californicus J.C.Chamberlin, 1929 (original combination)
• Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) californicus Chamberlin - Beier, 1932: 57
• Chthonius (Hesperochthonius) californicus Chamberlin - Muchmore, 1968: 51
• Hesperochthonius californicus Chamberlin - Zaragoza, 2017: 7

References

Primary references

• Chamberlin, J.C. 1929a1. A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same.—Part I. The Heterosphyronida (Chthoniidæ) (Arachnida-Chelonethida). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4(19): 50–80. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Zaragoza, J.A. 2017. Revision of the Ephippiochthonius complex in the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Macaronesia, with proposed changes to the status of the Chthonius subgenera (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae). Zootaxa 4246(1): 1–221. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4246.1.1. Reference page.