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(E.)
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(
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,
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)
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, Liguria, Genoa Prov., Sestri Levante, Punta Manara (44°15ʹ17ʺN 9°24ʹ21ʺE).
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: Liguria.
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(3Ƥ). An anophthalmic endogean
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that differs from other species of the
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group in the following combination of characters: movable cheliceral finger with isolated subapical tooth (
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) and with spinneret weakly raised in males; preocular microsetae absent; pedipalpal hand (in lateral view) without a rounded hump distad of trichobothria
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, weakly depressed at level of
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; fixed chelal finger with 1011 triangular teeth, at level of
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with 5 teeth occupying
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(distance between successive apices
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); proximal half of movable chelal finger with thick and weakly undulated marginal lamina; length of chela 0.490.51 (3), 0.550.565 (Ƥ) mm, length of movable chelal finger 0.290.30 (3), 0.320.325 (Ƥ) mm; chela 5.65.7 (3), 5.05.1 (Ƥ) times as long as deep; ratio of pedipalpal femur/carapace 1.2 (3Ƥ).
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1 3 (
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), 4 3, 2 Ƥ (
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), Sestri Levante, Punta Manara (44°15ʹ17ʺN 9°24ʹ21ʺE),
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a.s.l.,
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, G. Gardini leg., sieved under
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(
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deposited in MHNG,
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in G. Gardini coll., Genoa).
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE2F96A6BC9FC8319C7A350" bold="true" box="[199,406,783,808]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Derivatio nominis</emphasis>
. The species is named in memory of the late Enea Gardini, my father.
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Ƥ
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Integument with weak pigmentation, carapace, tergites, chelicerae and pedipalps pale yellow-brown; hispid granulation—more marked in males—on lateral surface of carapace, on cheliceral palm and on the base of pedipalpal femur. Carapace 1.0 times longer than broad, subquadrate, posteriorly slightly constricted; anterior margin (figs 12) strongly dentate between median macrosetae, with small epistome in males; ocular area as in fig. 3, no eyes or eye-spots; chaetotaxy 4:6:4:2:2(18), macrosetae thick, preocular microsetae absent; length of anteromedian macrosetae
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. Chaetotaxy of tergites
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:4:4:4:6:6:6:6:6:4. Chaetotaxy of sternites
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:(3)8(3):(2)7(2):8:6:6:6:6:7; sternite III rarely with (3)7(3) setae; genital opening of males flanked by 6 (rarely 5) setae on each side. Chelicerae (figs 45) 2.02.2 times as long as broad, palm with 6 setae and 2 microsetae laterally; fixed finger with 67 teeth proximally reduced in size and 810 proximal microtubercles; movable finger with a large subapical tooth (
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), at the same level with the spinneret in females, 4 5 contiguous teeth and 34 proximal microtubercles;
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ratio 0.550.61; spinneret weakly raised in males, prominent and apically rounded in females; rallum with 11 blades; serrulae interior and exterior respectively with 12 and 14 blades. Coxal setae: pedipalp 5 (including 2 on manducatory process),
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+ 3 marginal microsetae,
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,
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,
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; coxa II with 67 coxal spines, coxa III with 34 coxal spines; intercoxal tubercle bisetose. Pedipalp (figs 68): femur 5.65.65 (3), 4.754.9 (Ƥ) times as long as broad; chela 5.65.7 (3), 5.05.1 (Ƥ) times as long as deep; hand of chela 2.32.35 (3), 2.12.2 (Ƥ) times as long as deep, depressed at level of
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, with a weak and deep hump distad of
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; fixed chelal finger with 1112 triangular teeth with dental canals: the first proximal tooth mostly with rounded tip and the three distal teeth gradually reduced in size distally; base of fixed finger with 412 microtubercles; tip of fixed finger with a modified accessory tooth (
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) on antiaxial face; pedipalpal fixed finger at level of
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with 5 teeth occupying
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(distance between successive apices
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); distal half of movable finger with 7 triangular, upright teeth, the distal one smaller, with dental canals; proximal half of movable finger with thick and weakly undulated marginal lamina; coupled sensilla
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just proximad of
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; trichobothria as in figs 78,
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placed in a straight line or with
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a little distad of the line
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; basal apodeme of movable finger strongly sclerotized, narrowed apically; ratio of movable finger/hand of chela 1.41.45 (3), 1.351.4 (Ƥ); ratio of pedipalpal femur/movable finger 1.2 (3Ƥ); ratio of pedipalpal femur/carapace 1.2 (3Ƥ).
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<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE2F96A6BC9F9341B35A727" blockId="9.[151,1436,314,2032]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Measurements (in mm). Body length 0.910.98 (3), 1.01.05 (Ƥ). Carapace 0.290.30 × 0.270.29 (0.230.26 anteriorly) (3), 0.310.315 × 0.310.32 (0.2650.29 anteriorly) (Ƥ). Chelicerae 0.220.23 × 0.100.11 (3), 0.255 0.26 × 0.13 (Ƥ), movable finger length 0.1050.12 (3), 0.13 (Ƥ). Pedipalp: femur 0.340.365 × 0.060.065 (3), 0.380.39 × 0.08 (Ƥ); chela 0.490.51 × 0.0850.09 (3), 0.550.565 × 0.11 (Ƥ); hand length 0.200.21 (3), 0.23 0.24 (Ƥ); movable finger length 0.290.30 (3), 0.320.325 (Ƥ).</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE2F96A6BC9F8E01965A7FC" bold="true" box="[199,308,1900,1924]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Remarks</emphasis>
. Among the species of the
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE2F96A6976F8E01B22A7FC" box="[632,883,1900,1924]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Chthonius fuscimanus</emphasis>
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group,
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE2F96A68DEF8E11C13A7FC" box="[976,1090,1901,1924]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. aeneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23057BEFFE2F96A6F43F8E11CDDA7FC" box="[1101,1164,1901,1924]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is closely related to
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE2F96A6E8CF8E1188BA7D0" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE2F96A6A13F81C1992A7D0" box="[285,451,1936,1960]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. tyrrhenicus</emphasis>
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, both epigean common and widespread in the same geographical area, and to
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE2F96A6E8CF81C195BA7B4" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intemelius">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE2F96A6E8CF81C195BA7B4" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. intemelius</emphasis>
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, from western Liguria. It differs from the first two species in the absence of eyes, of preocular microsetae and in the form of the spinneret, which is weakly raised in males; it differs from
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE2F96A6FAEF8551D55A788" box="[1184,1284,2009,2032]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its smaller size [length of chela
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(3),
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(Ƥ) in
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F969687BFF141BB6A0C8" box="[885,999,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. aeneae</emphasis>
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, versus
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(3),
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(Ƥ) in
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696A17FF31192FA0AC" box="[281,382,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
]. It can be separated from
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F96969BAFF311B05A0AC" box="[692,852,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. tyrrhenicus</emphasis>
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by the shape of pedipalpal hand (with gentle slope between trichobothria
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696A96FF6C1989A080" box="[408,472,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">ib-isb</emphasis>
and
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in
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F96969A7FF6C1B4AA080" box="[681,795,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. aeneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with abrupt slope in
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE1F9696F13FF6C1CEEA080" box="[1053,1215,224,248]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tyrrhenicus">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696F13FF6C1CEEA080" box="[1053,1215,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. tyrrhenicus</emphasis>
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) and in having the pedipalps more slender [chela 5.65.7 (3), 5.05.1 (Ƥ) times as long as deep in
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE1F9696F1FFE891CD1A164" box="[1041,1152,261,284]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aeneae">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696F1FFE891CD1A164" box="[1041,1152,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. aeneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, versus 4.65.4 (3), 4.1 4.7 (Ƥ) in
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696A00FEA419FFA138" box="[270,430,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. tyrrhenicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
].
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696AC8FEA41A67A138" box="[454,566,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. aeneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F96969C2FEA41B31A138" box="[716,864,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. intemelius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the absence of eyes (reduced but still present in
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE1F9696B99FEC1197DA11C" box="[151,300,332,356]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intemelius">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696B99FEC1197DA11C" box="[151,300,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. intemelius</emphasis>
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) and the absence of preocular microsetae (two preocular microsetae on each side in
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE1F9696FF8FEC11DDAA11C" box="[1270,1419,332,356]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intemelius">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696FF8FEC11DDAA11C" box="[1270,1419,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. intemelius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and in having the pedipalps more slender [chela 5.25.4 (3), 4.64.75 (Ƥ) times as long as deep in
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE1F9696FE1FEFC1DD2A1F0" box="[1263,1411,368,392]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intemelius">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696FE1FEFC1DD2A1F0" box="[1263,1411,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. intemelius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
].
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696B99FE191957A1D4" box="[151,262,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. aeneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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has been collected by digging in deep soil in
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE1F9696847FE191B87A1D4" box="[841,982,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Quercus ilex</emphasis>
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wood on sandstone.
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