''Pseudocellus'' is an arachnid genus in the order
Ricinulei
Ricinulei is a small order of arachnids. Like most arachnids, they are predatory, eating small arthropods. They occur today in west-central Africa (''Ricinoides'') and the Neotropics (''Cryptocellus'' and ''Pseudocellus'') as far north as Texas. ...
, first described by
Norman Platnick
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator ...
in 1980. It is native to the
Neotropics
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
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Species
it contains forty-one species:
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Pseudocellus abeli''
Armas, 2017 — Cuba
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Pseudocellus alux''
Armas & Agreda, 2016 — Guatemala
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Pseudocellus aridus''
Teruel, 2015 — Cuba
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Pseudocellus bifer''
Teruel, 2018 — Cuba
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Pseudocellus barberi''
(Ewing, 1929) — Guatemala, Honduras (nomen dubium)
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Pseudocellus blesti''
(Merrett, 1960) — Panama
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Pseudocellus bolivari''
Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus boneti''
(Bolívar y Pieltain, 1942) — Mexico
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Pseudocellus chankin''
Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2011 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus cookei''
(Gertsch, 1977) — Guatemala
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Pseudocellus cruzlopezi''
Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2013 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus cubanicus''
(Dumitresco & Juvara-balş, 1973) — Cuba
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Pseudocellus dissimilior''
Teruel, 2018 — Cuba
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Pseudocellus dissimulans''
(Cooke & Shadab, 1973) — El Salvador
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Pseudocellus dorotheae''
(Gertsch & Mulaik, 1939) — US
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Pseudocellus franckei''
Valdez-Mondragón & Cortez-Roldán, 2020 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus gertschi''
(Márquez & Conconi, 1974) — Mexico
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Pseudocellus giribeti''
Valdez-Mondragón & Cortez-Roldán, 2021 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus ignotus''
Armas, 2017 — Cuba
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Pseudocellus jarocho''
Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2011 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus krejcae''
Cokendolpher & Enríquez, 2004 — Belize
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Pseudocellus mayari''
(Armas, 1977) — Cuba
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Pseudocellus mitchelli
''Pseudocellus mitchelli'' is an arachnid species in the order Ricinulei. It is endemic to caves in Durango, Mexico. The specific epithet is a tribute to cave biology specialist Robert W. Mitchell
Robert Wetsel Mitchell (April 25, 1933 – M ...
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Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus monjarazi''
Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2013 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus olmeca''
Valdez-Mondragón, Francke & Botero-Trujillo, 2018 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus osorioi''
(Bolívar y Pieltain, 1946) — Mexico
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Pseudocellus oztotl''
Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2011 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus pachysoma''
Teruel & Armas, 2008 — Cuba
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Pseudocellus paradoxus''
(Cooke, 1972) — Cuba
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Pseudocellus pearsei''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938) — Mexico
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Pseudocellus pelaezi''
(Coronado Gutierrez, 1970) — Mexico
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Pseudocellus permagnus''
Armas, 2017 — Cuba
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Pseudocellus platnicki''
Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2011 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus quetzalcoatl''
Valdez-Mondragón, Francke & Botero-Trujillo, 2018 — Mexico
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Pseudocellus reddelli''
(Gertsch, 1971) — Mexico
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Pseudocellus relictus''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938) — Panama
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Pseudocellus sbordonii''
(Brignoli, 1974) — Mexico
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Pseudocellus seacus''
Platnick & Pass, 1982 — Guatemala
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Pseudocellus silvai''
(Armas, 1977) — Cuba
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Pseudocellus spinotibialis''
(Goodnight & Goodnight, 1952) — Mexico
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Pseudocellus undatus''
Armas, 2017 — Cuba
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Pseudocellus valerdii''
Valdez-Mondragón & Juárez-Sánchez, 2021 — Mexico
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Arachnid genera
Ricinulei
Arthropods of Central America