Verrucachernes aff. oca Chamberlin, 1947

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 : 56

Verrucachernes aff. oca Chamberlin, 1947

( Fig. 6 F)

Distribution. Sabaragamuwa Province: Ratnapura District: L 24.

Remarks. Found in moist sandy soil surrounding the Bopath Ella Falls in Ratnapura (L 24); it is distinguished from V. oca by the presence of two lateral setae on the tergites.

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).