Apochthonius coecus (Packard, 1884)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family | Chthoniidae |
| Genus | Apochthonius |
| Species | Apochthonius coecus (Packard, 1884) |
Synonyms
- Chthonius coecus Packard, 1884 (prior combination, CoL)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Grand Caverns, Augusta Co. VA
Range
Known from Virginia in the Appalachians karst region.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Virginia
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Karst regions
Appalachians
Specimens
Type material
- Syntype ×2
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard | 2 |
2 cataloged lots in 1 collection. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.
Download all 2 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Virginia
- S1 Critically Imperiled
Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Other resources
References
- Banks, N. 1895. Notes on the Pseudoscorpionida. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 3: 1–13. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25002639. details
- Benedict, E.M. & Malcolm, D.R. 1973. A new cavernicolous species of Apochthonius (Chelonethida: Chthoniidae) from the western United States with special reference to troglobitic tendencies in the genus. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 92: 620–628. doi:10.2307/3225272
- Chamberlin, J.C. 1962. New and little-known false scorpions, principally from caves, belonging to the families Chthoniidae and Neobisiidae (Ararchnida, Chelonethida). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 123: 299–352.
- Chamberlin, J.C. & Malcolm, D.R. 1960. The occurrence of false scorpions in caves with special reference to cavernicolous adaptation and to cave species in the North American fauna (Arachnida-Chelonethida). American Midland Naturalist 64: 105–115.
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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