Galapagos Species Database

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Ideoblothrus galapagensis Mahnert, 2014

Pseudoscorpión, Pseudoscorpion

Diagnosis: Chelicera with rallum of 6 setae, all finely dentate on anterior border, the proximal one distinctly shorter than the others; pedipalps: femur 2. 9-3.0 times (length 0.58-0.59 mm), patella 2. 1-2.2 times, club 1.4- 1.5 times, hand with pedicel 1.6 times, chela with pedicel 2.9 times, without pedicel 2.7 times longer than broad, movable finger L 1-L2 times longer than hand with pedicel and 1 .4 times longer than hand breadth; fixed finger with 37-38 small cusped teeth, movable finger with 45-47 cusped teeth; trichobothria ist and est at same level, st nearer to t (areoles not touching) than to sb.

Found in arid zone

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Pseudoscorpiones

Family
Syarinidae

Genus
Ideoblothrus

Species
galapagensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Gardner near Floreana

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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