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Issue: Vol. 2834 No. 1: 27 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2834.1.5
Page range: 57–64
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of the genus Stenohya Beier, 1967 (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae) from China

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
Arachnida taxonomy pseudoscorpion new species Stenohya China

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Stenohya are described from China: Stenohya curvata sp. nov. from Yunnan Province and S. xiningensis sp. nov. from Qinghai Province, China. Detailed diagnosis, descriptions and illustrations of the two new species are presented.

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