Meddelelser fra Norsk Entomologisk Forening. No. 6. 



H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. 



Pseudoscorpions from Formosa. I. 



By 

 Edv, Ellingsen, Kragerö. 



N. 



Pseudoscorpions were known from Formosa, till Mr. 

 Sauter some years ago made collections of these animals there. 

 The situation of Formosa between the Japanese islands to the 

 north and the Indian islands to the south makes it, as regards 

 fauna, a kind of connecting link between those two groups of 

 islands; and a proof of this is to be found in the species of 

 Pseudoscorpions enumerated below, though this does not of 

 course refer to the indigenous forms. The following species 

 belong to the Japanese fauna: Chelifer bicarinatus, Micro- 

 creagris granulata, and Chthonius japonicus; whereas Che- 

 lifer brevidigitatus, Ch. Galatheae, Garypus javanus and 

 Olpium longiventer belong to the southern group of islands and 

 to Australia, Chelifer subruber is a cosmopolitan species, and 

 the other forms have hitherto only been found in Formosa. The 

 most interesting species is undoubtedly the new Cheiridium, 

 the first form of this genus so far found in Asia. 



1. Chelifer brevidigitatus Keyserling. 



1884. Chelifer brevidigitatus Keyserling, Koch u. Keyserling, Die Arach- 

 niden Australiens II, p. 4S, tab. 4, f. 6. 



Formosa: Takao, a great many specimens, males and females. 

 Formerly known only from Australia. 



