Anatemnus orites ( Thorell, 1889 )

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 : 51

Anatemnus orites ( Thorell, 1889)

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Chelifer orites Thorell 1889: 597 –599, plate 5 fig 7; Ellingsen 1914: 4.

Anatemnus orites (Thorell) : Beier 1932b: 50, fig 59; Beier 1932c: 580; Klausen 2005: 643; Harvey, 1991: 453.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); India; Indonesia (Sumatra); Myanmar (Mt. Mooleyit; type locality); Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand.

Previous records. North Central Province: Anuradhapura, Central Province: Peradeniya ( Ellingsen 1914).

New records. Central Province: Matale District: L 6; Sabaragamuwa province: Ratnapura district: L 37; Western Province: Gampaha District: L 35 & L 36.

Remarks. Found under bark of Jackfruit tree and in leaf litter.

Figures

FIGURE 5. A. Stenatemnus brincki, female, Kitulgala. B. Micratemnus anderssoni, female, Sudagala (Kuruwita). C. Oratemnus proximus, female, Maradanmaduwa. D. Oratemnus cf. indicus, male, Wanathavillua. E. Anatemnus cf. javanus, male, Ohiya. F. Anatemnus orites, male, Alawala. G. Indogarypus ceylonicus (Beier, 1973) new combination, female, Wanathavilluwa. H. I. ceylonicus (Beier, 1973) new combination, female, Padiyathalawa. I. Indogarypus indicus, female, Ohiya. J. Feaella (Tetrafeaella) indica, female, Inginiyagala.