A new Epigean pseudoscorpion from east Serbia: Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) timacensis n. sp. (Chthoniidae, Pseudoscorpiones) | Zendy

B.P.M. Ćurčić | Zendy; R.N. Dimitrijević | Zendy; Dalibor Z. Stojanović | Zendy

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A new Epigean pseudoscorpion from east Serbia: Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) timacensis n. sp. (Chthoniidae, Pseudoscorpiones)

Author(s) -

B.P.M. Ćurčić,

R.N. Dimitrijević,

Dalibor Z. Stojanović

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

archives of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1821-4339

pISSN - 0354-4664

DOI - 10.2298/abs1203093c

Subject(s) - subgenus , cave , epigeal , geography , balkan peninsula , zoology , old world , genus , biology , ecology

Only five species of Chthonius C. L. Koch (subgenus Ephippiochthonius Beier, 1930) (Chthoniidae) are presently known from Serbia. Among these, one should mention Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) bidentatus Beier, 1939 (endemic to the Petnička Pećina Cave in Western Serbia), C. (E.) kemza Ćurčić, Lee & Makarov, 1993 (from a cave in Eastern Serbia), C. (E.) microtuberculatus Hadži, 1937 (distributed in southern Serbia, FYROM, and Bulgaria), C. (E.) tetrachelatus (Preyssler), 1970 (widely distributed all over the world), C. (E.) metohicus Ćurčić, 2011 (from the UN Administered Province of Kosovo), and C. (E.) civitatisveti Ćurčić & Rađa, 2011 (from southern Croatia), respectively. However, a new epigean species belonging to the genus Chthonius - Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) timacensis Ćurčić & Stojanović n. sp. is described from eastern Serbia and is endemic to the area studied. Its taxonomic relationships with the phenetically close congeners C. (E.) metohicus Ćurčić and C. (E.) tetrachelatus (Preyssler), as well as its comparative morphological traits, are described. [Acknowledgments. The financial help of the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science (Grant 173038) is gratefully acknowledged.

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