Afrogarypus seychellesensis (Beier, 1940:173)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Geogarypus seychellesensis Beier, 1940:173 (original combination); Geogarypus (Afrogarypus) seychellesensis (Beier, 1940:173)

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1940

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution

Praslin Island, Seychelles

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Only known from the female holotype (Harvey, 2010).

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References

Original scientific description:

Beier, M. (1940). Die Pseudoscorpionidenfauna der landfernen Inseln. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geog. Tiere 74: 161-192.

Other references:

Gerlach, Justin. (2014). Afrogarypus seychellesensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T196533A2458938. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196533A2458938.en. Downloaded on 20 December 2015.

Harvey, Mark Stephen. (1986). The Australian Geogarypidae, new status, with a review of the generic classification (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida). Austral. Journ. Zool. 34: 753-778.

Harvey, Mark Stephen. (1991). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester. University Press, Manchester, UK.

Harvey, Mark Stephen. (2001). The Schizomida (Arachnida) of the Seychelle Islands. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 681-693.

Harvey, Mark Stephen. (2010). Smaller Arachnid Orders: A synopsis of the smaller arachnid orders of the Seychelle Islands (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones, Schizomida and Palpigradi), pp. 331-340. In: Gerlach, Justin and Maursik, Yuri M. (eds.). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles Islands. Manchester: Siri Scientific Press.

Judson, M. L. I. (1997). Catalogue of the pseudoscorpion types (Arachnida: Chelonethi) in the Natural History Museum, London. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 11: 1-54.

Mahnert, Volker. (1978). Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Pseudoscorpiones », Revue zoologique africaine, Bruxelles 92:  867-888.

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