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Issue: Vol. 1841 No. 1: 4 Aug. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-08-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.4
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the genus Tithaeus from China (Arachnida: Laniatores: Epedanidae)

Department of Laboratory Animals, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050017, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão, 20.940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Arachnida Opiliones Laniatores Tithaeus new species China Indo-Malaysian Region WWF Ecoregions

Abstract

The genus Tithaeus Thorell, 1891 is newly recorded from China with a new species: T. drac, based on specimens collected from Guangxi Province. The new record represents an expansion of 700 km to the northeast of the known range of the genus. The taxonomic status of the genus Tithaeus is discussed, based on external and male genital morphology.

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