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Issue: Vol. 2876 No. 1: 12 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2876.1.4
Page range: 35–48
Abstract views: 159
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An updated identification key to the pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B–1, SK–842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ–128 44 Prague 2; Czech Republic
Department of Ecosozology (Conservation Biology), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B–1, SK–842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
Arachnida checklist diversity new records Central Europe

Abstract

An illustrated dichotomous key is provided for the identification of adults of the pseudoscorpion species found in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, based on morphological and morphometric characters. The pseudoscorpion fauna of Slovakia includes 51 species in 7 families, and that of the Czech Republic includes 38 species in 7 families. New country records are provided: Mundochthonius carpaticus Rafalski and Microbisium brevifemoratum (Ellingsen) in the Czech Republic and Microbisium suecicum Lohmander in Slovakia.

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