A Pseudoscorpion from Poplar Trees 



MARGARET LYONS MOLES 



ClicldHops pdliidis n. sp. 



Measure))! ents — Length of animal, including mandibles, 3 

 mm. Length of palps 3.5 mm. Length of claws 1.5 mm. Width 

 of largest part of abdomen 2.5 mm. The whole animal is 

 nearly as broad as it is long. 



Color — Cephalothorax dark reddish brown. Palps reddish 

 brown. Legs ijale yellowish In-own. Alidomen pale yellowish 

 brown with reddish brown spots. 



CephalotJiorax — Slightly longer than it is broad. Front mar- 

 gin evenly rounded, sides convex and lower margin of a broad 

 "V" shape. One distinct suture whose outer edges curve 

 toward the front margin. 



Abclo»ien — Nearly as broad as it is long, divided into parallel 

 distinct sutures. The scuta are distinct at the center of the 

 abdomen but towards the edge of the body grow indistinct. 

 This is due to the fatness of the abdomen. Each plate has two 

 dark spots of color which are fringed on the sides and bottom 

 edge with ten stout clavate hairs. 



The whole body is finely granulate and covered with stout 

 clavate hairs. These so-called "clavate hairs" have not the 

 true knob, but are fringed at the end. 



Pedipalps — Length 3.5 mm. Longer than the whole animal. 

 Coxa smooth, trochanter as usual. Femur shorter than cephalo- 

 thorax, pedicellate, broadest near the base, concave on inner 

 margin near the tii). Tibia shorter than femur, strongly convex 

 on outer edge, strongly convex on inner side near base and 

 beyond strongly concave, pedicellate. The trochanter, femur 

 and tibia are finely granulate and covered with short clavate 

 hairs. 



Claws- — Short and stout, as long as cephalothorax, fingers 

 stout and not strongly curved. Hand evenly and strongly 

 convex on inner side, not so strongly convex on outer side, j'et 



