Open AccessFIRST REPORT OF THE GENUS CARDIOLPIUM (PSEUDOSCORPIONES: OLPIIDAE) FROM CHINA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES
Author(s) -
Zhizhong Gao,
Feng Zhang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2016.7.7
Subject(s) - genus , zoology , china , biology , geography , archaeology
A new pseudoscorpion species, Cardiolpium curcici sp. nov., belonging to the family Olpiidae, is described, and the genus Cardiolpium Mahnert, 1986 is reported from China for the first time. The finding of the new species fills up a gap in the distribution of the genus. Detailed diagnosis, description and illustrations of the new pseudoscorpion species are presented.