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Issue: Vol. 4612 No. 1: 28 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.1.9
Page range: 126–132
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 2

First record of the genus Orochernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) from China, with description of a new species

Department of Biology, Xinzhou Teachers University, Xinzhou, Shanxi 034000, P. R. China;
The Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
Pseudoscorpiones arachnids taxonomy new record new species pseudoscorpions

Abstract

The chernetid genus Orochernes Beier, 1968 is reported from China for the first time. Orochernes ganziensis sp. n. is described from the Sichuan Province and characterized through illustrations and genetic data. The spermathecae of the genus Orochernes are illustrated for the first time.

 

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