Archives of Biological Sciences (Jan 2014)

Microchthonius kasteli n. sp. (Chthoniidae, Pseudoscorpiones): A new cave false scorpion from Croatia (Dalmatia)

  • Ćurčić B.P.M.,
  • Rađa T.,
  • Dimitrijević R.N.,
  • Ćurčić S.B.,
  • Ćurčić Nina B.,
  • Makarov S.E.,
  • Ilić B.S.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1401437C
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 1
pp. 437 – 443

Abstract

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A new blind false scorpion, Microchthonius kasteli n. sp., from the Mićoletova Jama Pit, Rudine, nr. Kaštel, Dalmatia, has been described. The new pseudoscorpion is different from all other congeners. It is probable that this new taxon is the remain of an old tropical soil fauna, which now inhabits the subtropical area of the Mediterranean seaside. Morphometric ratios, figures, and linear measurements of the new species are presented in detail. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 173038]

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