Abstract
Two new species of troglomorphic pseudoscorpions of the family Neobisiidae, collected from karst caves in Yunnan, China, are described: Parobisium laevigatum sp. n. and P. muchonggouense sp. n.. A key to the Parobisium species from China is also provided.
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