Galapagos Species Database

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Paraliochthonius galapagensis Mahnert, 2014

Pseudoscorpión, Pseudoscorpion

Diagnosis: The species is characterized by the presence of 4 comeate eyes and 2 spine-like setae on the paraxial margin of the pedipalpal hand; carapace with a long and narrow epistome; pedipalpal femur 6.1 (c7)/5.6 (9) times longer than broad (length 1.02-1.03 mm), hand 2.1 times (length 0.59 mm), chela 5.3 ((7 9) times longer than deep (length 1.47 mm), finger 1.5- 1.6 times longer than hand and curved (length of fixed finger 0.91-0.92 mm); dorsum of hand with 11-13 chemosensory setae; fixed finger with 41-44 acute teeth, movable finger with 44-45 retrorse teeth.

Found in sea cliffs

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Pseudoscorpiones

Family
Chthoniidae

Genus
Paraliochthonius

Species
galapagensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Fernandina

References

  • Baert, L. Mahnert, V. (2015) The distribution of the non‐araneae and non‐acari arachnids of Galápagos Belgian Journal of Entomology 28: 1‐76
  • Mahnert, V. (2014) Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) Revue suisse de Zoologie, 121: 135‐210

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