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Issue: Vol. 4571 No. 1: 25 Mar. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.2
Page range: 28–34
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 2

A new cave-dwelling species of Lagynochthonius (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from Yunnan Province, China

College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400700, China. Current address: College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637009, China.
College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400700, China. Current address: College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637009, China.
Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, Institute of Rare Animals & Plants, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637009, China.
Pseudoscorpiones pseudoscorpion taxonomy identification key

Abstract

A new pseudoscorpion, Lagynochthonius bailongtanensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated from specimens collected in a cave in Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China. This species is notable in being strongly troglomorphic. A new identification key is provided to all known Chinese representatives of the genus Lagynochthonius.

 

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