List of Ricinulei species

This is a list of the described species of Ricinulei (hooded tickspiders). The data is taken from Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

Ricinoididae

* "Cryptocellus" Westwood, 1874:* "Cryptocellus adisi" Platnick, 1988 — Brazil:* "Cryptocellus albosquamatus" Cooke, 1967 — Guyana:* "Cryptocellus becki" Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Brazil:* "Cryptocellus bocas" Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama:* "Cryptocellus bordoni" (Dumitresco & Juvara-Bals, 1977) — Venezuela:* "Cryptocellus brignolii" Cokendolpher, 2000 — Suriname:* "Cryptocellus centralis" Fage, 1921 — Costa Rica:* "Cryptocellus chiriqui" Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama:* "Cryptocellus emarginatus" Ewing, 1929 — Costa Rica (nomen dubium):* "Cryptocellus fagei" Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Costa Rica:* "Cryptocellus foedus" Westwood, 1874 — Brazil:* "Cryptocellus gamboa" Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama:* "Cryptocellus glenoides" Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Colombia:* "Cryptocellus goodnighti" Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica:* "Cryptocellus hanseni" Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Nicaragua:* "Cryptocellus isthmius" Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Panama:* "Cryptocellus lampeli" Cooke, 1967 — Guayana:* "Cryptocellus leleupi" Cooreman, 1976 — Ecuador:* "Cryptocellus lisbethae" Gonzalez-Sponga, 1998 — Venezuela:* "Cryptocellus magnus" Ewing, 1929 — Colombia:* "Cryptocellus narino" Platnick & Paz, 1979 — Colombia:* "Cryptocellus osa" Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica:* "Cryptocellus peckorum" Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Colombia:* "Cryptocellus pseudocellatus" Roewer, 1952 — Peru:* "Cryptocellus simonis" Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 — Brazil:* "Cryptocellus striatipes" Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Costa Rica:* "Cryptocellus verde" Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica:* "Cryptocellus whitticki" Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Guyana

* "Pseudocellus" Platnick, 1980:* "Pseudocellus barberi" (Ewing, 1929) — Guatemala (nomen dubium):* "Pseudocellus blesti" (Merrett, 1960) — Panama:* "Pseudocellus bolivari" Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico:* "Pseudocellus boneti" (Bolívar y Pieltain, 1942) — Caverna de Cacahuamilpa, Mexico:* "Pseudocellus cookei" (Gertsch, 1977) — Guatemala:* "Pseudocellus dissimulans" (Cooke & Shadab, 1973) — El Salvador:* "Pseudocellus dorotheae" (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1939) — Texas:* "Pseudocellus gertschi" (Márquez & Conconi, 1974) — Mexico:* "Pseudocellus mitchelli" Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico:* "Pseudocellus osorioi" (Bolívar y Pieltain, 1946) — Cueva de los Sabinos, Mexico:* "Pseudocellus paradoxus" (Cooke, 1972) — Cuba:* "Pseudocellus pearsei" (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938) — Mexico:* "Pseudocellus pelaezi" (Coronado Gutierrez, 1970) — Mexico:* "Pseudocellus reddelli" (Gertsch, 1971) — Mexico:* "Pseudocellus relictus" (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938) — Panama:* "Pseudocellus sbordonii" (Brignoli, 1974) — Mexico:* "Pseudocellus seacus" Platnick & Pass, 1982 — Guatemala:* "Pseudocellus silvai" (Armas, 1977) — Cuba:* "Pseudocellus spinotibialis" (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1952) — Mexico

* "Ricinoides" Ewing, 1929:* "Ricinoides afzelii" (Thorell, 1892) — western Africa:* "Ricinoides atewa" Naskrecki, 2008 - Ghana:* "Ricinoides crassipalpe" (Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) — western Africa:* "Ricinoides feae" (Hansen, 1921) — Guinea:* "Ricinoides hanseni" Legg, 1976 — Sierra Leone:* "Ricinoides karschii" (Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) — Cameroon, Republic of Congo:* "Ricinoides leonensis" Legg, 1978 — Sierra Leone:* "Ricinoides megahanseni" Legg, 1982 — Ivory Coast:* "Ricinoides olounoua" Legg, 1978 — Cameroon:* "Ricinoides sjostedtii" (Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) — Cameroon, Nigeria:* "Ricinoides westermannii" (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) — western Africa

Fossil species

While no fossil species of Ricinoididae are known, the other two described families are only known from the Pennsylvanian, about 300 mya.

Curculioididae

* † "Amarixys" Selden, 1992:* † "Amarixys gracilis" (Petrunkevitch, 1945):* † "Amarixys stellaris" Selden, 1992:* † "Amarixys sulcata" (Melander, 1903)

* † "Curculioides" Buckland, 1837:* † "Curculioides adompha" Brauckmann, 1987:* † "Curculioides ansticii" Buckland, 1837:* † "Curculioides eltringhami" Petrunkevitch, 1949:* † "Curculioides gigas" Selden, 1992:* † "Curculioides granulatus" Petrunkevitch, 1949:* † "Curculioides mcluckiei" Selden, 1992:* † "Curculioides pococki" Selden, 1992:* † "Curculioides scaber" (Scudder, 1890)

Poliocheridae

* "Poliochera" Scudder, 1884:* "Poliochera gibbsi" Selden, 1992:* "Poliochera glabra" Petrunkevitch, 1913:* "Poliochera punctulata" Scudder, 1884:* "Poliochera pustulatus" Laurentiaux-Vieira & Laurentiaux, 1963

* "Terpsicroton" Selden, 1992:* "Terpsicroton alticeps" (Pocock, 1911)

References

* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Ricinulei1.htm Ricinulei]