Two new pseudoscorpions from the un administered province of Kosovo and Croatia

Authors :: Ćurčić B.P.M.
Rađa T.
Dimitrijević R.N.
Makarov S.E.
Milinčić M.
Pecelj M.
Source :: Archives of Biological Sciences, Vol 63, Iss 1, Pp 235-244 (2011)
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad, 2011.
Abstract: Two new epigean pseudoscorpion species belonging to the family Chthoniidae - Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) metohicus n. sp. and Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) civitatisveti n. sp. from the UN Administered Province of Kosovo and Southern Croatia, respectively, are described. The newly erected taxa are endemic to each of the areas studied. Their taxonomic relationship with their phenetically close congeners Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) bidentatus Beier, 1939, Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) kemza Ćurčić, Lee et Makarov, 1993 and Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) tetrachelatus (Preyssler, 1790) and comparative morphological traits are described.