A new species of Ditha (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae, Tridenchthoniinae) from the Western Ghats of India, with an identification key for the genus

Kyung-Hoon Jeong; Danilo Harms; Jithin Johnson

doi:10.3897/zse.100.110020

Zoosystematics and Evolution (Jan 2024)

A new species of Ditha (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae, Tridenchthoniinae) from the Western Ghats of India, with an identification key for the genus

Kyung-Hoon Jeong,
Danilo Harms,
Jithin Johnson

Affiliations

Kyung-Hoon Jeong: National Institute of Biological Resources, Species Diversity Research Division, Environmental Research Complex
Danilo Harms: University of Venda
Jithin Johnson: Sacred Heart College

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.110020
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 100, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Ditha Chamberlin, 1929, is described from Kerala State, India. A detailed morphological description, diagnostic features, and illustrations of Ditha (Paraditha) shivanparaensis Jeong, Harms & Johnson, sp. nov. are provided. The current distribution of all the known Ditha species is mapped, and an identification key for the genus is provided.

Published in Zoosystematics and Evolution

ISSN: 1435-1935 (Print); 1860-0743 (Online)
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Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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