Afrosternophorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Sternophoridae
Genus: Afrosternophorus
Beier, 1967[1]
Type species
Sternophorus (Afrosternophorus) aethiopicus
Beier, 1967
Synonyms
  • Sternophorellus Beier, 1971
  • Indogaryops Sivaraman, 1981

Afrosternophorus is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the Sternophoridae family. It was described in 1967 by Austrian arachnologist Max Beier.[1][2][3]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Afrosternophorus aethiopicus (Beier, 1967)
  • Afrosternophorus anabates Harvey, 1985
  • Afrosternophorus araucariae (Beier, 1971)
  • Afrosternophorus cavernae (Beier, 1982)
  • Afrosternophorus ceylonicus (Beier, 1973)
  • Afrosternophorus chamberlini (Redikorzev, 1938)
  • Afrosternophorus cylindrimanus (Beier, 1951)
  • Afrosternophorus dawydoffi (Beier, 1951)
  • Afrosternophorus fallax Harvey, 1985
  • Afrosternophorus grayi (Beier, 1971)
  • Afrosternophorus hirsti (Chamberlin, 1932)
  • Afrosternophorus longus Mathew and Joseph, 2021
  • Afrosternophorus nanus Harvey, 1985
  • Afrosternophorus papuanus (Beier, 1975)
  • Afrosternophorus xalyx Harvey, 1985

References

  1. 1 2 Beier, M (1967). "Pseudoskorpione aus dem tropischen Ostafrika (Kenya, Tansania, Uganda, etc.)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 70: 73–93 [81].
  2. 1 2 "Genus: Afrosternophorus Beier, 1967". World Arachnida Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  3. "Genus Afrosternophorus Beier, 1967". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-11-21.


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