Four new species of cave-adapted pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from Guizhou, China

By

Gao, Zhizhong
Hou, Yanmeng
Zhang, Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1139

Pages

33--69

Subjects

Allochthonius , Spelaeochthonius , taxonomy , troglomorphic

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1139.96639

 

Abstract

Four new troglomorphic pseudotyrannochthoniid pseudoscorpion species collected from karst caves in Guizhou Province are described with detailed diagnoses and illustrations: Allochthonius bainiensissp. nov. from Liangfeng Cave (Xishui County), Allochthonius pandussp. nov. from Daozuo Cave (Xishui County), Allochthonius xinqiaoensissp. nov. from Sanjie Cave (Fenggang County), and Spelaeochthonius wulibeiensissp. nov. from Wulibei Cave (Weining County). Spelaeochthonius wulibeiensissp. nov. represents the first record of the genus in China. The diagnostic features of these four new cave-adapted (troglomorphic) species are presented and discussed, as well as compared with closely related species. The data on their distribution, habitat and ecology of the species are also given.