An annotated checklist and a family key to the pseudoscorpion fauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of Sri Lanka
Author
Batuwita, Sudesh
Author
Benjamin, Suresh P.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3814
1
37
67
journal article
36838
10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.2
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1175-5326
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Afrochthonius reductus
Beier, 1973
(
Fig. 4A
)
Afrochthonius reductus
Beier 1973
: 42
, fig 3.
Distribution.
Sri Lanka
.
Previous records.
Central Province:
Hatton (
type
locality), Hakgala (
Beier 1973
).
New record.
Central Province:
Kandy District: L 1.
Remarks.
Found under decaying logs in primary forest. Mainly distinguished from
A. ceylonicus
by the trichobothrial position of the movable chelal finger (
Beier 1973
). Our specimens of the two species are in accordance with the descriptions given by
Beier (1973)
.