Agastoschizomus Explained

Agastoschizomus is a genus of protoschizomid short-tailed whipscorpions, first described by Jon Mark Rowland in 1971.^[1]

Species

, the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following eight species:^[2]

• Agastoschizomus huitzmolotitlensis Rowland, 1975 – Mexico
• Agastoschizomus juxtlahuacensis Moreno & Francke, 2009 – Mexico
• Agastoschizomus lucifer Rowland, 1971 – Mexico
• Agastoschizomus patei Cokendolpher & Reddell, 1992 – Mexico
• Agastoschizomus stygius Cokendolpher & Reddell, 1992 – Mexico
• Agastoschizomus tamaulipensis Monjaraz-Ruedas, Francke & Cokendolpher, 2016 – Mexico
• Agastoschizomus tenebris Monjaraz-Ruedas, Francke & Cokendolpher, 2016 – Mexico
• Agastoschizomus texanus Monjaraz-Ruedas, Francke & Cokendolpher, 2016 – US (Texas)

Notes and References

1. Rowland . Jon Mark . 1971 . Agastochizomus lucifer, a new genus and species of cavernicole schizomid (Arachnida, Schizomida) from Mexico . Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies . 4 . 13–17.
2. Web site: Agastoschizomus Rowland, 1971 . 19 September 2022 . World Schizomida Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.