Galapagos Species Database

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Paraliochthonius pecki Mahnert, 2014

Pseudoscorpión, Pseudoscorpion

Diagnosis: Carapace with 4 comeate eyes, epistome long and triangular; pedipalps: femur 4.7-5. 1 times longer than broad, patella 2. 1-2.3 times longer than broad, hand 1. 9-2.0 times longer than deep, fixed 1.75-1.93 times longer than hand, chela 5. 4-5. 7 times longer than deep; chaetotaxy of femur 5-5-2-5, dorsum of hand with 8-9 chemosensory setae, paraxial margin of hand in distal half with two spine-like setae on tubercles, movable finger with two slightly thickened setae on paraxial side, fixed finger with 33-37 acute, erect, separate teeth, movable finger with 37-42 retrorse, flattened teeth.

Found in sea cliffs

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Pseudoscorpiones

Family
Chthoniidae

Genus
Paraliochthonius

Species
pecki

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Isabela

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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