Withius hispanus new to the fauna of Slovakia (Pseudoscorpiones: Withiidae)

Abstract

An illustrated description of Withius hispanus (L. Koch, 1873) is provided based on its morphological and morphometric characters. This finding of W. hispanus is the first record of the family Withiidae in Slovakia. The present re-description of this species allows an assessment of the variability of its morphological and morphometric characters.

Keywords

• Central Europe
• floodplain forest
• morphology
• morphometric analysis
• first record
• taxonomy