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

Authors: Hou, Yanmeng Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1097.82527 Published: Jan. 1, 2022 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Karst biotope · Topics: Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research

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

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