Two new species of cave-adapted pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from Yunnan, China

By

Hou, Yanmeng
Gao, Zhizhong
Zhang, Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-4-20

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1097

Pages

65--83

Subjects

Karst biotope , Lagynochthonius , taxonomy , troglobionts , Tyrannochthonius

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1097.82527

 

Abstract

Two new cave-adapted pseudoscorpion species belonging to the family Chthoniidae are described: Tyrannochthonius pandussp. nov. from Biyu Cave (Yunnan: Luxi) and Lagynochthonius laoxueyanensissp. nov. from Laoxueyan Cave (Yunnan: Yanshan). Both of them, collected from the dark zone of caves, are highly troglomorphic species.