Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Norsk entomologisk forening

Checklist of Nordic Pseudoscorpiones
Ingvar Stol
Stol, I. 2006. Checklist of Nordic Pseudoscorpiones. Norw. J. Entomol. 53, 85-87.
A checklist of the Nordic pseudoscorpions, including Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, The Faroe
Islands and Iceland is presented. A total of 25 Nordic species are currently known, of which 16 are
from Norway, 19 from Denmark, 20 from Sweden, 17 from Finland, 1 from The Faroe Islands and 2
from Iceland.
Keywords: Pseudoscorpiones, Checklist, Nordic countries.
THE CHECKLIST
A checklist of the pseudoscorpions (order
Pseudoscorpionida) from the Nordic countries
has so far not been available. Although the
comprehensive catalogue of Harvey (1990)
deals with all species on a world basis, there is
no checklist dealing exclusively with the Nordic
species. Stol (2005), however, has recently treated
all Nordic species in a key, but this publication is
in Norwegian.
The present list is based on the literature available
for Norway (Ellingsen 1897, 1901, 1903, 1910,
Klausen 1975, 1998, Frøiland 1976, Stol 2005),
Denmark (Thydsen Meinertz 1962, Andersen
1987, 1988, Skipper 2002, Stol 2005), Sweden
(Lohmander 1939, Gärdenfors & Wilander 1992,
Stol 2005), Finland (Kaisila 1949, Palmgren 1973,
Hippa et al. 1984, Stol 2005), The Faroe Islands
(Henriksen 1938, Stol 2005), Iceland (Henriksen
1938, Agnarsson 1998, Stol 2005).
Presently, 16 species are reported from Norway,
19 from Denmark, 20 from Sweden, 17 from
Finland, 1 from the Faroe Islands and 2 from
Iceland. A total of 25 species are known from the
Nordic countries.
Norw. J. Entomol. 53, 85-87, 22 May 2006
Ingvar Stol, P.O.Box 0021 Langåker, Karmøy, NO-4274 Stol, Norway. E-mail: ingvarstol@bluezone.no
Kaisila (1949) and Harvey (1990) incorrectly
reported Apocheiridium rossicum Redikorzev,
1935 from Finland. The species which occurs in
Finland appears to be Apocheiridium ferum (E.
Simon, 1879) (Stol 2005, Finn Erik Klausen, pers.
comm.).
Neobisium sylvaticum (C. L. Koch, 1835) is also
omitted from the Finnish list. Harvey (1990)
mentioned the species from Finland, but has most
probably misinterpreted the information given by
Palmgren (1973) (Stol 2005, Finn Erik Klausen,
pers. comm.). The species does most probably not
occur in the Nordic countries.
The checklist is presented in Table 1 with the
species in a systematic order.
Acknowledgements. I am very grateful to Dr.
Erling Olafsson, Icelandic Institute of Natural
History, Reykjavik, Iceland for procuring literature
and to Dr. Finn Erik Klausen, Agder University
College, Department of Natural Sciences,
Kristiansand S, Norway for information.
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