Five new troglobitic species of Tyrannochthonius (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from the Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan Provinces, China

By

Li, Yunchun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1131

Pages

173--195

Subjects

Cave-inhabiting , identification key , pseudoscorpion , soil-dwelling , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1131.91235

 

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Tyrannochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 are described from caves in the provinces of Yunnan (T. huilongshanensissp. nov., T. xinzhaiensissp. nov., and T. yamuhensissp. nov.), Guizhou (T. dongjiensissp. nov.), and Sichuan (T. huaerensissp. nov.). An identification key is provided for all known representatives of the genus Tyrannochthonius from China.