Ceriochernes besucheti Beier, 1973

Batuwita, Sudesh & Benjamin, Suresh P., 2014, An annotated checklist and a family key to the pseudoscorpion fauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 3814 (1), pp. 37-67 : 55

Ceriochernes besucheti Beier, 1973

( Fig. 6 B)

Ceriochernes besucheti Beier 1973: 51 , fig 15; Harvey 1991: 553.

Distribution. Sri Lanka.

Previous record. Sabaragamuwa Province: Kegalle (type locality).

New records. Northwestern Province: Kurunegala District: L 10; Western Province: Gampaha District: L 36.

Remarks. Ceriochernes besucheti was found in the Ethagala Range. This species has the characteristic number of three rallar blades seen in most congeners, as stated by Harvey & Volschenk (2007).

Figures

FIGURE 6. A. Nhatrangia ceylonensis, female, Maradanmaduwa. B. Ceriochernes besucheti, male, Ethagala Range. C. Parachernes (Parachernes) cocophilus, male, Pilikuttuwa. D. Parachernes (Parachernes) cocophilus, female, Ridigama. E. Verrucachernes oca, male, Wanathavillua. F. Verrucachernes cf. oca, nymph, Bopath Ella. G. Cryptocheiridium sp., Inginiyagala. H – K (all under bark of Jackfruit tree), H. Adult males of Paratemnoides pallidus (above) and Parachernes (Parachernes) cocophilus from Kurunegala. I. Adult P. (P.) cocophilus, male and P. pallidus nymph in chamber-like structure. J. P. (P.) cocophilus male grabbing a nymph of P. pallidus. K. P. (P.) cocophilus, colony with P. pallidus female (right).