''Aldabrinus'' is a genus of

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s in the family Garypinidae.

Taxonomy and history

The genus ''Aldabrinus'' was established by American

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Joseph Conrad Chamberlin Joseph Conrad Chamberlin (December 23, 1898 – July 17, 1962) was an American arachnologist who studied mainly pseudoscorpions. A native of Utah, he studied primarily at Stanford University while working most of his career in Oregon for the U.S. D ...

in 1930 to accommodate ''

Aldabrinus aldabrinus ''Aldabrinus aldabrinus'' is a species of pseudoscorpion that is known from Aldabra in the Seychelles and from Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian O ...

'', an unusual species described from the

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. No further specimens of ''Aldabrinus'' would be described until 1974, when William B. Muchmore described '' Aldabrinus floridanus'' from

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. In 2023, Australian arachnologist

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concluded that the species ''Paraldabrinus novaecaledoniae'', described by Austrian arachnologist

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in 1966, was instead a species of ''Aldabrinus'', '' Aldabrinus novaecaledoniae'', rendering the

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genus ''Paraldabrinus'' a

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of ''Aldabrinus''. The same 2023 paper by Harvey would describe the newest species of ''Aldabrinus'', '' Aldabrinus rixi'' from

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, and place the genus in the

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Garypininae.

Species

This genus includes the following species: *''

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, 1930 *'' Aldabrinus floridanus''

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, 1974 *'' Aldabrinus novaecaledoniae'' ( Beier, 1966) *'' Aldabrinus rixi'' Harvey, 2023

References

Garypinidae Pseudoscorpion genera Taxa named by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin Taxa described in 1930 {{pseudoscorpion-stub