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Beierolpium venezuelense Heurtault 1982

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Beierolpium venezuelense Heurtault 1982 [NEW RECORD]

Beierolpium venezuelense Heurtault, 1977: 62 (as Beierolpium venezuelensis [sic]) (nomen nudum).

Beierolpium venezuelense Heurtault, 1982: 58–64 (as Beierolpium venezuelensis [sic]);

Type locality: Jardín Botánico de Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela (10.496; -66.8982).

Distribution: Colombia and Venezuela.

Distribution in Colombia: Vichada: Natural National Park El Tuparro (5.2687; -68.6080) (Romero-Ortiz et al., 2012 as Beierolpium sp.).

Repository of Colombian material: ICN-APs-267 (1 ♀)

Remarks: Collection data as in label: 72 masl; 12-23-mar-2011; David Luna and Catalina Romero leg; in hiperstational savana, siffting of grass roots. The specimen was part of an unplubished study on Pseudoscorpiones of the National Natural Park el Tuparro conducted by the collectors. Beierolpium is composed by 19 species with B. venezuelense representing the only species recorded from South America. This is the second record of the species, beside the type series.

Notes

Published as part of Romero-Ortiz, Catalina, García, Fabian & Villarreal, Eduardo, 2019, Checklist of the false scorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of Colombia, with new records and a key to the identification of the families, pp. 107-139 in Zootaxa 4711 (1) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3573488

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References

  • Heurtault, J. (1982) Le developpement postembryonnaire chez deux especes nouvelles de Pseudoscorpions Olpiinae du Venezuela. Revue de Nordest Biologie, 3 (1), 57 - 85.
  • Heurtault, J. (1977) Nouveaux caracteres taxonomiques pour la sous-famille des Olpiinae (Arachnides, Pseudoscorpions). Note preliminaire. In Comptes Rendus 3 eme Reunion des Arachnologistes d'Expression francaise, Les Eyzies, 1976. Academie de Paris, Station Biologique des Eyzies, Les Eyzies, pp. 62 - 73.
  • Romero-Ortiz, C., Luna-Sarmiento, D. & Florez, E. (2012) Pseudoescorpiones de la familia Olpiidae (Arachnida) em Colombia. In: Sociedad Colombiana de Entomologia SOCOLEN (Ed.), Resumenes 39 Congreso SOCOLEN, Ibague, 2012, 1 - 43.