Galapagos Species Database
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Pseudochthonius galapagensis
Pseudoscorpión, Pseudoscorpion
Found in littoral zone, arid zone, scalesia zone, fern‐sedge zone and in crevices.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Pseudoscorpiones
Family
Chthoniidae
Genus
Pseudochthonius
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Gardner near Española, Isabela, Pinzón, Santiago, Santa Cruz and Santa Fé.
- Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
- Peck, S.B. Kulalova-Peck, J. (1986) Preliminary summary of the subterranean fauna of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Part I. Introduction and Non-Insect invertebrates. Proc. 9th Intnl. Congr. Speleology, Barcelona 2: 164-166.
- Baert, L. Mahnert, V. (2015) The distribution of the non‐araneae and non‐acari arachnids of Galápagos Belgian Journal of Entomology 28: 1‐76
- Mahnert, V. (2014) Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) Revue suisse de Zoologie, 121: 135‐210
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