Systematic Studies of Some Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida) from the Southeastern United States
Lawson JE. 1967. Systematic Studies of Some Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida) from the Southeastern United States. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
More than two-thousand slides of pseudoscorpions were prepared from over 700 samples of leaf mold from deciduous forests. These collections came from Plummer's Isle, Maryland; Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina; Greenville Co., South Carolina; several counties of East Tennessee and various state parks from Middle and West Tennessee; Breaks Interstate Park, Virginia; Blue Ridge Parkway, Floyd Co., Virginia; Mt. Lake, Virginia; and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Systematic studies of these specimens reveal that 18 species, two of which are new species, of the Order Pseudoscorpionida are present in these collections. A redescription of each of 16 species and a description of each of the two new species is presented together with a discussion of the systematic position of each species. Species emendations are based on a series of specimens, and the measurements taken of the various structures show a greater range in length«width ratios and dimensions than.was indicated in similarly published data for many of the species. With each species description a short synopsis of its distribution is given with the addition of recent collection records.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Lawson, James
- Date of Issue
- 1967-08
- Publisher
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute
- Units
- BLRI , GRSM , MACA , ROCR
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Biodiversity, BLRI, Blue Ridge Parkway, Dissertation, Floyd County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-01701, Mt. Mitchell, Pseudoscorpionida, pseudoscorpions, SER, Southeast Region
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Terrestrial Invertebrates