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Geogarypus longidigitatus

pseudoscorpion

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: pseudoscorpion

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE Thailand - Easter Island, Hawai‘i, n. to Taiwan and coastal s.China. NATIVE se.Asia; EXOTIC EXOTIC Pacific islands

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Polynesian Introduction, naturalised; S.Group - common, widepread; Land, lowlands - mountains; Leaf-litter (to 610m Hawaii, and 270m Marquesas)

KEY FEATURES: Very small, 1.2mm BL. CARAPACE bocoloured, anterior brown, posterior cream with dorsal spots on tergites 1-2 (single) and 4-9 (pair), arms (=pedipalps) all dark brown.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++		+++

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Geogarypus longidigitatus (Rainbow, 1897)
SYNONYMS: Chelifer longidigitatus Rainbow, 1897; Garypus personatus; Garypus javanus; Geogarypus formosanus; Geogarypus marquesianus; Geogarypus audyi; Geogarypus micronesiensis; Geogarypus javanus

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; ARACHNIDA; Pseudoscorpiones; GEOGARYPIDAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Time and mode of dispersal not known, but accidental dispersal in the soil or vegetation carried on the Polynesian voyaging canoes seems very likely (Harvey, 2000).

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens, Avana & Papua Waterfall, P.T.Lehtinen 3/1988, and specimens Arorangi, van Harten 3/1996, in Harvey (2000); Specimen+photo, Matavera Valley, 1/2002, J.Beatty & GMcC., ID Bill Muchmore via J.Beatty. Atiu: specimen, 1/2002, J.Beatty.

References:
Special Reference: Harvey, M.S. (2000) From Siam to Rapa Nui - identity and distribution of $Geogarypus lonigidigitatus@ (Rainbow) (Pseudoscorpiones: Geogarypidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc 11(9):377-384.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM07a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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