Genus: Olpium L. Koch, 1873 | Family: Olpiidae Banks, 1895 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Olpium afghanicum Beier, 1952

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Olpium afghanicum

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:c1f8bd7e-8169-4a8c-9df7-9220cf28c206

Taxonomic references

Olpium afghanicum

Beier, 1952f: 245–247, fig. 1 original description
Harvey, 1991a: 290
Latifi, Mirshamsi, Aliabadian, Harms and Novák, 2026: n/a, figs 5, 6A

Olpium (?) afghanicum Beier:

Dashdamirov and Schawaller, 1993a: 7, figs 16–19

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Palearctic

Afghanistan
Type locality: Kajkai, Helmand, Afghanistan.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Kajkai 32.283333 65.066666
Type repository
  • ?? (ZMUC)
References

Beier, M. (1952f). The 3rd Danish Expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 7. Pseudoscorpionidea (Chelicerata) aus Afghanistan. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 114: 245–250. -- Show included taxa

Dashdamirov, S. & Schawaller, W. (1993a). Pseudoscorpions from Middle Asia, Part 2 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) 496: 1–14. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester. -- Show included taxa

Latifi, Z., Mirshamsi, O., Aliabadian, M., Harms, D. & Novák, J. (2026). Two new species of Olpium L. Koch, 1873 from Iran, with an identification key to all species of the genus (Pseudoscorpiones: Olpiidae). Zootaxa 5760: 75–93. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.1.3 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-03-15 New taxonomic reference entry Latifi, Mirshamsi, Aliabadian, Harms and Novák, 2026