Parazaona morenensis ( Tullgren, 1908 )

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 : 19-20

Parazaona morenensis ( Tullgren, 1908)

Chelifer morenensis Tullgren, 1908: 60 –62 (descr.; distr.).

Parazaona patagonicus (Tullo) (sic): Mazza 1943: 3.

Parazaona patagonicus , partim (non Tullgren 1900): Feio 1945; Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás 2008a (cat.): misidentification.

JUJUY: “Moreno, Puna de Jujuy (coll. Erland Nordenskiöld. Mus. Stockholm)” ( Tullgren 1908); “Puna de Jujuy” (Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás 2008a); SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO: Añatuya, adhering to Triatoma platensis Neiva, 1913 ( Hemiptera : Reduviidae ) inside a bird nest (probably Myiopsitta monachus cotorra ), pseudoscorpion identified by Feio at MNRJ ( Mazza 1943), “Añatinga” (erratum pro Añatuya) ( Feio 1945; Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás 2008a); CHACO ( Mello-Leitão 1939b); BUENOS AIRES: Lezama, M. Birabén leg. ( Mello-Leitão 1939a; Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás 2008a).

Note 1. Mello-Leitão (1939a) erroneously interpreted “Puna de Jujuy, Moreno, Argentina ” as referring to Lago Moreno (Chubut). Moreno appears on old maps of Jujuy and Salta (circa 1910), but in some recent maps it is named “El Moreno”. This locality is situated at the west of Tumbaya, in an area that belongs to the Puna biogeographical province in the southwestern portion of Jujuy. Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás (2008a) give “Puna de Jujuy” as the type locality (omitting Moreno), and also cite the species from Lago Moreno. The latter locality is excluded here from the distribution of Parazaona morenensis , given that it is based on the erroneous interpretation by Mello-Leitão (1939a).

Note 2. Probably the specimens sent by Mazza can be found in MNRJ, where Feio was working.