Afrosternophorus ceylonicus ( Beier, 1973 )

Batuwita, Sudesh & Benjamin, Suresh P., 2014, An annotated checklist and a family key to the pseudoscorpion fauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 3814 (1), pp. 37-67 : 50

Afrosternophorus ceylonicus ( Beier, 1973)

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Sternophorus ceylonicus Beier 1973: 47 , fig 11.

Afrosternophorus ceylonicus Harvey 1985: 174 –177, figs 53, 65–66, 80–85, 90, map 4; Harvey, 1991: 447.

Distribution. India; Sri Lanka.

Previous records. North Province: Chemiyanpattu ( type locality); North Western Province: five miles NNE Puttalam ( Beier 1973).

New records. Central Province: Matale District: L 17; Western Province: Gampaha District: L 35; North Central Province: Anuradhapura District: L 38.

Remarks. Found under tree bark of Dipterocarpus trees.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A. Afrochthonius reductus, male, Dunumadalawa. B. Afrochthonius ceylonicus, male, Ohiya. C. Tyrannochthonius heterodentatus, male, Kottawa-Kombala FR. D. Lagynochthonius brincki, male, Sudagala (Kuruwita). E. Afrosternophorus ceylonicus, female, IFS Aroboretum. F. Hya chamberlini, female (left) and male, Unachchiya. G. Ideoblothrus ceylonicus H. Calocheiridius mussardi, male, Akkaraipattu. I. Olpium jacobsoni, male, Inginiyagala. J. Indolpium loyolae, female, Wanathavillua.