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Issue: Vol. 5646 No. 4: 11 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5646.4.6
Page range: 575-585
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Three new cavernicolous Neobisium species from Caucasian caves in Georgia (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)

Eötvös Loránd University; Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology; Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C; H–1117 Budapest; Hungary
Institute of Zoology; Ilia State University; Tbilisi; 0162; Georgia
Pseudoscorpiones taxonomy description subterranean species false scorpions morphology

Abstract

Three new cavernicolous pseudoscorpion species, Neobisium (Neobisium) kozmaniense sp. nov. from Kozmani Cave, Neobisium (N.) sakishorense sp. nov. from Sakishore Cave, and Neobisium (N.) kotiasense sp. nov. from Kotias Klde Cave and Zakarias Klde shaft from Georgia (Caucasus) are described and illustrated. A key to all troglomorph Neobisium species in Georgia is also presented.

 

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How to Cite

Novák, J. & Gogshelidze, M. (2025) Three new cavernicolous Neobisium species from Caucasian caves in Georgia (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Zootaxa, 5646 (4), 575–585. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5646.4.6