TABLE 1. Pseudoscorpion taxa in amber.
GEOLOGICAL TIME | FAMILY | TAXA | AMBER TYPE | REFERENCES |
Mesozoic | Cheliferidae | Chelifer fossilis | Lebanese amber | Whalley, 1980; Grimaldi, 1996 |
Chernetidae Chthoniidae Cheiridiidae Garypidae Pseudochiridiidae |
Pachychernes Pseudochthonius Cryptocheiridium Idiogarypus Pseudochiridium |
Dominican amber | Hoff, 1963; Schawaller, 1980, 1981; Judson, 2007; Penney, 2008 | |
Cheliferidae | Heurtaultia | Archingeay amber | Perrichot, 2004 | |
Geogarypidae Cheiridiidae Pseudogarypidae Feaellidae |
Electrobisium Amblyolpium Protofeaella |
Burmese amber | Cockerelll, 1917, 1920; Henderickx and Boone, 2016; Xing et al., 2018 | |
Cenozoic | Geogarypidae Pseudogarypidae Cheliferidae Cheliferidae Tridenchthoniidae Cheiridiidae Chernetidae Chthoniidae |
Geogarypus Pseudogeogarypus Trachychelifer Pycnochelifer, Obisium Chelifer ehrenbergii Chelignathus, Cheiridium Chthonius, Oligochernes Microcreagris, Neobisium |
Rovno amber and Baltic amber Fushun amber Baltic and Bitterfeld amber |
Henderickx, 2005; Henderickx and Perkovsky, 2012; Henderickx et al., 2013; Harms and Dunlop, 2017 Hong, 1983 Koch and Berendt, 1854; Beier, 1937, 1947, 1955; Harvey, 2011; Judson, 2003 |