The Pseudoscorpiones (Pseudoscorpionida, Chelonethida) of Louisiana
Matthew L. Gimmel
Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 70803
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last updated: 13 May 2008
Recorded from Louisiana:
3 families
5 genera
6 species
Suspected to occur in Louisiana:
3 families, 4 genera, and 5 species
Family CHTHONIIDAE
[Chthonius (s. str.) paludis (J.C. Chamberlin, 1929)]
Hoff and Bolsterli (1956: 157): record from Ocean Springs, Jackson Co., Mississippi
[Kleptochthonius (s. str.) multispinosus (Hoff, 1945)]
Hoff and Bolsterli (1956: 159): reported from Bolivar and Pike cos., Mississippi
Family TRIDENCHTHONIIDAE
Verrucaditha spinosa (Banks, 1893)
Hoff (1950: 534): Saint Charles
Harvey (1990: 228): state record only
Family NEOBISIIDAE
[Microcreagris atlantica J.C. Chamberlin, 1930]
Muchmore (1979: 195): reported from Mississippi
Family STERNOPHORIDAE
[Idiogaryops paludis (Chamberlin, 1932)]
Harvey (1990: 450): reported from Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas
Family CHELIFERIDAE
Pugnochelifer amoenus Hoff, 1964
Harvey (1990: 525): state record only
Family CHERNETIDAE
[Americhernes longimanus Muchmore, 1976]
Muchmore (1976: 156): reported from Jackson Co., Mississippi
Americhernes oblongus (Say, 1821)
Hoff and Bolsterli (1956: 166): Grant, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Tangipahoa
Muchmore (1976: 153): Saint Tammany
Harvey (1990: 542): state record only
Lustrochernes carolinensis Muchmore, 1991
Muchmore (1991: 82): Saint Tammany
Lustrochernes pennsylvanicus (Ellingsen, 1910)
Hoff and Bolsterli (1956: 168): Jefferson, Saint Charles
Harvey (1990: 597): state record only
Parachernes (s. str.) pulchellus (Banks, 1908)
Harvey (1990: 618): state record only
Harvey, M.S. 1990. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press: Manchester, England. vi + 726 pp.
Hoff, C.C. 1950. A new species and some records of tridenchthoniid pseudoscorpions. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 43: 534–536.
Hoff, C.C. and J.E. Bolsterli. 1956. Pseudoscorpions of the Mississippi River drainage basin area. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 75: 155–179.
Muchmore, W.B. 1976. Pseudoscorpions from Florida and the Caribbean area. 5. Americhernes, a new genus based upon Chelifer oblongus Say (Chernetidae). Florida Entomologist, 59: 151–163.
Muchmore, W.B. 1979. Pseudoscorpions from Florida and the Caribbean area. 7. Floridian diplosphyronids. Florida Entomologist, 62: 193–213.
Muchmore, W.B. 1991. The identity of Chelifer communis var. pennsylvanicus and description of a new species of Lustrochernes (Pseudoscorpionida: Chernetidae). Entomological News, 102: 79–89.