Victorwithius proximus ( Ellingsen, 1905b )

Mahnert, Volker, Iorio, Osvaldo Di, Turienzo, Paola & Porta, Andres, 2011, Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida) from Argentina. New records of distributions and habitats, corrections and an identification key, Zootaxa 2881, pp. 1-30 : 23

Victorwithius proximus ( Ellingsen, 1905b)

Chelifer (Chelifer) proximus Ellingsen 1905b: 324 –326 (descr.; distr.).

Parawithius proximus (Ellingsen, 1905) : Mello-Leitão 1939a, 1939b.

Victorwithius proximus ( Ellingsen, 1905b) : Harvey 2004: 440.

ARGENTINA ( Mello-Leitão 1939b): (Province?): St. [= Santa] Catalina (type locality), 16 3, 20 Ƥ, Silvestri leg. ( Ellingsen 1905b); RÍO NEGRO: Lago Mascardi, Birabén leg., under bark ( Mello-Leitão 1939a); (Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás 2008a).

Note. Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás (2008a) doubtfully located Santa Catalina in the province of Córdoba, but localities with the same name are also located in Jujuy (1), Santiago del Estero (1), San Luis (1), Córdoba (2), and Buenos Aires (1).

New records. CÓRDOBA: Salsacate, 3.V.2009, A. Porta leg., 1 tritonymph, under bark of living Salix sp.; BUE- NOS AIRES: Otamendi, 15.IX.2008, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., 2 3, 2 Ƥ, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia , 15.IX.08, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., 1 3 1 Ƥ, under bark of living Carya illinoensis ; Río Luján (F.C.G.B.M.), 27.XII.2008, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., 3 3, under bark of living Eucalyptus tereticornis , 1 Ƥ, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia , 8.I.2009, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., 1 3, 2 Ƥ, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia ; General Pacheco (F.C.G.B.M.), 30.VII.2008, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., 1 3, 1 Ƥ, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia , 28. II.2009, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., 6 3, 2 Ƥ, 1 deutonymph, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia ; Campo de Mayo, 24.XII.2008, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., 4 3, under bark of living Eucalyptus camaldulensis ; Lobos, 1.I.2009, A. Porta leg., 2 3, 1 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp.; San Isidro, 10.III.2009, A. Porta leg., 3 Ƥ, under bark of living Melia azedarach ; La Plata, 3.IV.2009, A. Porta leg., 1 3, 3 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., 29.V.2009, A. Porta leg., 2 3, 1 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp.; Cañuelas, 26.IV.2009, A. Porta leg., 3 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus tereticornis , 22.VI.09, A. Porta leg., 2 3, 1 Ƥ (all MHNG), under bark of Gleditsia triacanthos (dead fallen tree); San Miguel, campus Universidad de General Sarmiento, 22.XII.2010, A. Porta leg., 1 Ƥ (APBA), in leaf litter of Eucalyptus sp. (Berlese funnel), A. Porta det.; Pdo. General Pueyrredón, Sierra de los Padres, 13.VI.2010, A. Porta leg., 1 3, 2 Ƥ, 2 immatures, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., A. Porta det.; Chascomús, 11.X.2009, A. Porta leg., 3 3, 5 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., A. Porta det.; Mercedes, 8.X.2009, A. Porta leg., 2 3, 2 Ƥ, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia , 1 3, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., A. Porta det.; Luján, 8.X.2009, A. Porta leg., 2 3, 1 Ƥ, under bark of living Salix sp., 2 3, 2 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., A. Porta det.; Villa Lugano, 30.IX.2009, A. Porta leg., 2 3, 2 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., A. Porta det.; Moreno, 6.IX.2009, A. Porta leg., 4 3, 3 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., A. Porta det.; Olivos, Estacion Anchorena, 29.IX.2009, A. Porta leg., 2 3, 3 Ƥ, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia, A. Porta det.; Pdo. Tigre, Tigre (F.C.G.B.M.), 29.IX.2009, A. Porta leg., 3 3, 2 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., 2 3, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia, A. Porta det.; Paso del Rey, 21.IX.2009, A. Porta leg., 3 3, 1 Ƥ, under bark of living Schinus molle , 2 3, 5 Ƥ, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia , 2 3, 1 Ƥ (all APBA), under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., A. Porta det.; CAPITAL FEDERAL: Ciudad Universitaria, 28.VII.2008, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., 1 3 (MHNG), under bark of living Eucalyptus camaldulensis , 16.V.2009, A. Porta leg., 1 Ƥ (MHNG), under bark of living Tipuana tipu ; Parque Avellaneda, 6.III.2009, A. Porta leg., 2 3, 1 Ƥ (MHNG), under bark of living Eucalyptus sp.; Palermo, 28.IV.2009, A. Porta leg., 1 3, 1 Ƥ (all MHNG), under bark of living Eucalyptus sp.; Parque Centenario, CABA, 5.X.2009, A. Porta leg., 2 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., A. Porta det.; Parque Saavedra, 4.X.2009, A. Porta leg., 1 3, 4 Ƥ, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia , 2 3, 2 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., A. Porta det.; Facultad de Agronomia, 20.IX.2009, C. Bidarte & A. Porta leg., 1 3, 6 Ƥ, under bark of living Eucalyptus sp., 3 3, 2 Ƥ, under bark of living Platanus acerifolia, A. Porta det.; Reserva Costanera Sur, 2.I.2010, A. Porta leg., 2 3, under bark of dead, fallen Erythrina crista-galli trees, 1 Ƥ, under bark of dead fallen Tessaria integrifolia ; Parque Chacabuco, 21.IX.2009, A. Porta leg., 1 3, 3 Ƥ (all APBA), under bark of living Platanus acerifolia, A. Porta det.