Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida) from Argentina. New records of distributions and habitats, corrections and an identification key
Author
Mahnert, Volker
Author
Iorio, Osvaldo Di
Author
Turienzo, Paola
Author
Porta, Andres
text
Zootaxa
2011
2881
1
30
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.205780
3da79874-f9d5-4422-acd8-1255488f1624
1175-5326
205780
Sphenochernes schulzi
Turk
, 1953
BUENOS AIRES: Castelar,
12 km
from Buenos Aires (
type
locality), in the nest of a leaf-cutting ant,
Acromyrmex lundi
(
Turk
1953
; Ceballos & Rosso de
Ferradás 2008a
).
Note 1.
Turk
(1953)
states that “only one record is known to me of the occurrence of a pseudoscorpion with a leaf-cutting ant and that is the mention made by Wasmann (1894) of an unidentified pseudoscorpion associated with
Atta discigera
”. From this it is evident that the papers of
Mello-Leitão (1925
,
1939a
) and
Bruch (1937a
,
1937b
) were unknown to
Turk
(1953)
.
Note 2.
Sphenochernes bruchi
and
S. schulzi
were described from two near localities (La Plata and Castelar), only
67.5 km
apart, and both were found in the nests of the same ant species. It is likely that the two names refer to a single species (see
Mahnert 1985
), although the descriptions imply a difference in the presence (
bruchi
)
versus
absence (
schulzi
) of eyes.