Pseudopilanus foliosus ( Balzan, 1887b )

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 : 20

Pseudopilanus foliosus ( Balzan, 1887b)

Chernes foliosus : 427–428 (descr.; distr.).

Rhopalochernes foliosus ( Balzan, 1887b) : Mello-Leitão 1939a, 1939b; Feio 1945; Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás 2008a.

“Nord de l’Argentine” ( Mello-Leitão 1939b); SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO: Colonia Dora ( Feio 1945), no. 12-63 (MLP) (Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás 2008a); CHACO: Resistencia (type locality), 1 ex., “sub trunci cortice” ( Balzan 1887b), “sotto corteccie di alberi caduti” ( Balzan 1890); Resistencia ( Mello-Leitão 1939a; Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás 2008a); BUENOS AIRES: Mar del Plata, margin of Laguna La Brava, Birabén leg., under stones (Mello- Leitão 1939a), without number (MLP) (Ceballos & Rosso de Ferradás 2008a).

New record. CHACO: Route 90, km 21, 3.XII.2008, Di Iorio leg., 1 female (MHNG), under bark [fallen tree].

Further distribution. Brazil (Mato Grosso; Rio de Janeiro); Paraguay.

Remark. In a discussion of the affinities of Pseudopilanus inermis Beier (Beier 1977) , foliosus was transferred without explanation from Rhopalochernes to Pseudopilanus .