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Issue: Vol. 5278 No. 2: 5 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.11
Page range: 387-395
Abstract views: 187
PDF downloaded: 14

Two new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Stenohya (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

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 identification key sexual dimorphism soil-dwelling taxonomy

Abstract

Two new pseudoscorpion species, Stenohya dongtianensis sp. nov. and S. jiahensis sp. nov., from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, are described and illustrated. An identification key is provided for all known representatives of the genus Stenohya from China.

 

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