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Issue: Vol. 3334 No. 1: 5 Jun. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-06-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3334.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of the schizomid genus Stenochrus (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Mexico

Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 3er. Circuito exterior s/n. Apartado Postal 70-153, C.P. 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, México
Arachnida Stenochrus taxonomy Chiapas Mexico

Abstract

A new Mexican species of Stenochrus Chamberlin, 1922. Stenochrus valdezi new species, is described from Cueva de SanFrancisco in Chiapas based on adult male and female specimens. With the description of this species, there are 17 species from Mexico, being the country with the highest diversity of species of the genus Stenochrus worldwide.

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