New species of Pseudoscorpiones (Arachnida) from tree hollows in a Mediterranean oak forest in Spain
Author
Hernández-Corral, Jesús
Author
Zaragoza, Juan A.
Author
Micó, Estefanía
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-09
4497
2
201
225
journal article
29214
10.11646/zootaxa.4497.2.3
138be9ad-b476-48af-93ee-6fd78c04484d
1175-5326
1452117
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Key to adult males of the
Rhacochelifer
species from the Iberian Peninsula [
Rhacochelifer tingitanus
(L. Koch, 1873)
excluded]
1 Elongated keels present on posterolateral corners of carapace and anterior tergites.................................. 2
- Without elongated keels on posterolateral corners of carapace and anterior tergites.................................. 3
2 Larger, pedipalpal femur about 0.90 and chela+ about
1.50 mm
long.............
Rhacochelifer peculiaris
(L. Koch, 1873)
.
- Smaller, pedipalpal femur 0.66 and chela+
0.95 mm
long.............................................
R. gaeli
n. sp.
3 Anterior genital sternite with some distinctly forked setae...................................................... 4
- Anterior genital sternite with all setae simple and acuminate.................................................... 5
4 Tergites VI–X lacking medial anterior seta; smaller species, pedipalp femur length
0.56–0.64 mm
, patella 2.4–2.5× longer than broad (
0.51–0.56 mm
), chela+ 3.3–3.4× (1.00 mm)...........................
Rhacochelifer pinicola
(
Nonídez, 1917
)
.
- Tergites VI–X with one medial anterior seta; larger species, pedipalp femur length
0.81 mm
, patella 2.2× longer than broad (
0.66 mm
), chela+ 3.2× (
1.29 mm
).................................................
Rhacochelifer nonidezi
n. sp
.
5 Pedipalpal femur and patella with coarser granules besides normal granulation....
Rhacochelifer maculatus
(L. Koch, 1873)
.
- Pedipalpal femur and patella without coarser granules........................
Rhacochelifer disjunctus
(L. Koch, 1873)
.