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Issue: Vol. 5293 No. 2: 22 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.2.6
Page range: 317-332
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Two new cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion species (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from Northeastern Brazil

Programa de Pós-graduação em Recursos Naturais do Cerrado; Laboratório de Ecologia Comportamental de Aracnídeos; Universidade Estadual de Goiás
Laboratório de Ecologia Comportamental de Aracnídeos; Programa de Pós-graduação em Recursos Naturais do Cerrado; Centro de Ensino e Aprendizagem em Rede; Universidade Estadual de Goiás
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Centro de Educação e Saúde; Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Pseudoscorpiones Geogarypidae Hesperolpiidae Speleology taxonomy Zoogeography

Abstract

In a study of pseudoscorpions in caves from the northeastern Brazil, eight species of Pseudoscorpiones were identified. The known distribution of the species Pseudochthonius biseriatus Mahnert, 2001, Cryptoditha aff. elegans, Parachernes (P.) nitidimanus (Ellingsen, 1905), Petterchernes brasiliensis Heurtault, 1986, Ceriochernes foliaceosetosus Beier, 1974, and Progarypus setifer Mahnert, 2001 is extended to include the State of Pernambuco. Additionally, Geogarypus gollumi sp. nov. (Geogarypidae) and Progarypus smaugi sp. nov. (Hesperolpiidae) are described as new species.

 

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