Chelifer Geoffroy, 1762

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Rank:	Genus
Spelling:	Chelifer
Authorship:	Geoffroy
Publication:	Geoffroy, Étienne L. 1762 Histoire abregée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris.. Durand, Paris. Vol. 2: i-ii; 1-690; pls. xi-xxii.
Page:	617
Type Species:	Acarus cancroides Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, ed.10, 1: 616, by subsequent designation by Latreille, 1810, Consid. gén. ordre nat. Anim.: 118, 424 * ---------- (*) Cited by Latreille as ‘Scorpio cancroides Fab.’ = Acarus cancroides Linnaeus, 1758 Chelifer Geoffroy, 1762 was placed on the Official List of Generic Names (Opinion 1542, Op. 1754)