Family GEOGARYPIDAE Chamberlin, 1930
Compiler and date details
Mark S. Harvey, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Introduction
The Geogarypidae were elevated to family level by Harvey (1986), and were placed as the sister-group to the remaining Garypoidea by Harvey (1992). Three genera and 64 species are recognised in the family (Harvey 1991), but only five Geogarypus species were recorded in a recent revision of the Australian fauna (Harvey 1986). However, additional species have since been recognised in museum collections (Harvey, in press and unpublished data).
Diagnosis
Members of the Geogarypidae can be distinguished from other garypoids by the presence of only a single, aspinose blade in the cheliceral flagellum, and by the presence of pit-like structures on the external margin of the fixed chelal finger.
General References
Harvey, M.S. 1986. The Australian Geogarypidae, new status, with a review of the generic classification (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 753-778
Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
Harvey, M.S. 1992. The phylogeny and classification of the Pseudoscorpionida (Chelicerata: Arachnida). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1373-1435
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 31-Oct-2012 | 31-Oct-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |