Allochthonius opticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chthonioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Pseudoscorpiones Subordo: Epiocheirata Superfamilia: Chthonioidea

Familia: Chthoniidae
Subfamilia: Pseudotyrannochthoniinae
Genus: Allochthonius
Subgenus: Allochthonius (Allochthonius)
Species: Allochthonius opticus
Subspecies: A. o. troglophilus – A. o. opticus

Name

Allochthonius (Allochthonius) opticus (Ellingsen, 1907)

Type locality: Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Syntypes: coll. Sauter. 2 males ♂ and 1 female ♀. IX.1904.

Synonymy

• Chthonius opticus Ellingsen, 1907: 16
• Allochthonius opticus (Ellingsen): Chamberlin, 1929: 155
• Allochthonius (Allochthonius) opticus (Ellingsen): Morikawa, 1960: 98
• Allochthonius anthracinus Morikawa, 1952: 250 (synonymised by Morikawa, 1955: 215)
  • Type locality: Dogo, Matsuyama City, Shikoku, Japan.
    • Holotype: BIEU. female ♀. 01.XII.1951. legit T. Yano.
• Allochthonius yanoi Morikawa, 1952: 251 (synonymised by Morikawa, 1955: 215)
  • Type locality: Shiro-yama, Matsuyama City, Shikoku, Japan.
    • Holotype: BIEU. female ♀. 28.V.1950. legit T. Yano.

References

Additional references

• Morikawa, K. 1952. Notes on the Japanese Pseudoscorpiones I. Memoirs of Ehime University (2B) 1: 249-258. Reference page. 
• Allochthonius opticus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).