treatments-xml/data/03/DE/87/03DE87C1FFE5F96C6B99FF1B1C76A637.xml
2024-06-21 12:22:17 +02:00

250 lines
26 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="8AE4E4B72752D135995F959517DCC958" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3655.1.1" ID-GBIF-Dataset="a6990774-66c7-4586-b14e-354b42d0857b" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="223358" ID-ZooBank="FC302AA5-49CC-41B0-9A66-23C11AB4EBAE" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1460612493272" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Gardini, Giulio" docDate="2013" docId="03DE87C1FFE5F96C6B99FF1B1C76A637" docLanguage="en" docName="zt03655p151.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 3655 (1)" docStyle="DocumentStyle:5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3.14:Zootaxa.2013-.monograph" docStyleId="5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.monograph" docStyleVersion="14" docTitle="Chthonius" docType="treatment" docVersion="8" lastPageNumber="16" masterDocId="FFE7FFB9FFEBF9636B0EFF8C1851A078" masterDocTitle="A revision of the species of the pseudoscorpion subgenus Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from Italy and neighbouring areas" masterLastPageNumber="151" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="15" updateTime="1698329375031" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="EDB6D36F222ED1358AC471A6333DDE25" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="BF0447DEDD7C8C65CDCF8D30AFDD2A34">
<mods:title id="6D50EC878DA9C03589C3F5A91FC54493">A revision of the species of the pseudoscorpion subgenus Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from Italy and neighbouring areas</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="1DCABAF0D5507BDEC4433AF5E300FF36" type="personal">
<mods:role id="FBDE18A19143FCD045034EAAB01C7CF4">
<mods:roleTerm id="402C3680A89ED42E8396E18AC580E9EB">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="DBB567478A43B37B3FE42F1F59ABB469">Gardini, Giulio</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="B5602A2B048620D13AF273A6D795EB01">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="512F77104ED03D54C309DCC513CCB271" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="89BA71CA7081BAB86B5FA1B7EE0A9C6F">
<mods:title id="BDCE0A50AB6216FA54D613E3C258068D">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="755237E5336737B9E270E510A4028EC8">
<mods:date id="09B26D8E489788CB918994A19BE8197B">2013</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="4F8D9E6CBB5CD3E5F301F19D0AF4DAAE" type="volume">
<mods:number id="9862A8BFFE8621916FDCE358E0C65320">3655</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="A46C46B52DC515BA990837148DD73769" type="issue">
<mods:number id="45F0B445DA7D64833F4604E8779CC614">1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="88B711BB04192E41757A5AB63C8527A4" unit="page">
<mods:start id="29672AB35C424BB9ECC7401944C811CB">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="09FAB1A5DABCD60ECF47D282F4540D4F">151</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="1992304EAFB37FF65B4D2CF351716C6B">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="D754E589D6BFA82106670B021ADA359F" type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.3655.1.1</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="311B8960E7EE66E5DCAC9B29174D053F" type="GBIF-Dataset">a6990774-66c7-4586-b14e-354b42d0857b</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="001F787F479B3BAE25FAC086DFF42E39" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="CEF4183F80E068AB182C187D861530D6" type="Zenodo-Dep">223358</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="E5655CEF69E07DC7828074F73BEFF47E" type="ZooBank">FC302AA5-49CC-41B0-9A66-23C11AB4EBAE</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="03DE87C1FFE5F96C6B99FF1B1C76A637" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6155917" ID-GBIF-Taxon="119568561" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6155917" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DE87C1FFE5F96C6B99FF1B1C76A637" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87C1FFE5F96C6B99FF1B1C76A637" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="16" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<subSubSection id="C36D655CFFE5F96D6B99FF1B1B47A160" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE5F96D6B99FF1B1A1BA0C9" blockId="14.[151,586,151,210]" box="[151,586,151,177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<heading id="D08081BBFFE5F96D6B99FF1B1A1BA0C9" bold="true" box="[151,586,151,177]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D6B99FF1B1A1BA0C9" bold="true" box="[151,586,151,177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D6B99FF1B191AA0C9" bold="true" box="[151,331,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE5F96D6B99FF1B1947A0C9" ID-CoL="62LNY" box="[151,278,151,177]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Chthonius</taxonomicName>
(E.)
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE5F96D6A5DFF1B1A1BA0C9" authority="Beier, 1958" authorityName="Beier" authorityYear="1958" box="[339,586,151,177]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apulicus">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D6A5DFF1B19EBA0C9" bold="true" box="[339,442,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">apulicus</emphasis>
Beier, 1958
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE5F96D6B99FF36190EA0AA" blockId="14.[151,586,151,210]" box="[151,351,186,210]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
(
<figureCitation id="134C2A52FFE5F96D6B91FF361971A0AA" box="[159,288,186,210]" captionStart="FIGURES 13 17" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1971,1994]" captionTargetBox="[184,1424,428,1943]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[161,1426,411,1966]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 13 17. Chthonius (E.) apulicus Beier, 1958, male holotype. 13, anterior margin of carapace; 14, anterolateral portion of carapace; 15, fingers of right chelicera; 16, right chela, lateral view; 17, tip of fixed chelal finger, dorsal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223362/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Figs 1317</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="134C2A52FFE5F96D6A25FF361906A0AA" box="[299,343,186,210]" captionStart="FIGURES 282 285" captionStartId="144.[151,264,1817,1840]" captionTargetBox="[152,1435,193,1796]" captionTargetId="figure@144.[152,1436,193,1796]" captionTargetPageId="144" captionText="FIGURES 282 285. Distribution maps for the Italian species of the Chthonius tetrachelatus group. 282, Chthonius (E.) tetrachelatus (Preyssler, 1790); 283, Chthonius (E.) siculus Beier, 1961 and C. (E.) vachoni Heurtault-Rossi, 1963; 284, Chthonius (E.) concii Beier, 1953 and C. (E.) lucanus Callaini, 1984; 285, Chthonius (E.) altamurae n. sp., C. (E.) apulicus Beier, 1958, C. (E.) elymus n. sp., C. (E.) grafittii Gardini, 1981, C. (E.) messapicus n. sp., C. (E.) poseidonis Gardini, 1993 and C. (E.) sardous Gardini, 2008." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223422/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">285</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE5F96D6B99FE8E1B47A160" blockId="14.[151,1035,258,311]" box="[151,790,258,280]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE5F96D6B99FE8E1A80A160" authority="Beier 1958: 27" authorityName="Beier" authorityPageNumber="27" authorityYear="1958" box="[151,721,258,280]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apulicus" subGenus="Ephippiochthonius">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D6B99FE8E1A63A160" box="[151,562,258,280]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) apulicus</emphasis>
Beier 1958: 27
</taxonomicName>
, fig. 1.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36D655CFFE5F96D6B99FEAE1C5AA14F" box="[151,1035,289,311]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE5F96D6B99FEAE1C5AA14F" blockId="14.[151,1035,258,311]" box="[151,1035,289,311]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
Not
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D6BCDFEAD19E5A14F" box="[195,436,289,311]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE5F96D6BCDFEAD197AA14F" box="[195,299,289,311]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Chthonius</taxonomicName>
(E.)
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE5F96D6A50FEAD19E5A14F" authority="Beier 1975: 55" authorityName="Beier" authorityPageNumber="55" authorityYear="1975" box="[350,436,289,311]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apulicus">apulicus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
: Beier 1975: 55 (Catania: misidentification; see
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE5F96D68AFFEAE1BACA14F" box="[929,1021,290,311]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="concii">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D68AFFEAE1BACA14F" box="[929,1021,290,311]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C. concii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36D655CFFE5F96D6B99FEE81DC7A103" box="[151,1430,354,380]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE5F96D6B99FEE81DC7A103" blockId="14.[151,1430,354,380]" box="[151,1430,354,380]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D6B99FEE8197DA104" bold="true" box="[151,300,355,380]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<typeStatus id="54CC8875FFE5F96D6B99FEE81880A104" box="[151,209,356,380]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Type</typeStatus>
locality
</emphasis>
:
<collectingCountry id="F3607647FFE5F96D6A34FEE8193CA104" box="[314,365,356,380]" name="Italy" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Italy</collectingCountry>
, Apulia, Foggia Prov., Rignano Garganico, Grotta Paglicci 300 Pu/FG (41°40ʹ0 0ʺN 15°34ʹ0 0ʺE).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="DF08665FFFE5F96D6B99F83F1D09A790" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223362/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" targetBox="[184,1424,428,1943]" targetPageId="14">
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE5F96D6B99F83F1D09A790" blockId="14.[151,1436,1971,2024]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D6B99F83F1900A7B1" bold="true" box="[151,337,1971,1994]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURES 1317</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D6A6CF83819AAA7B1" box="[354,507,1972,1994]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE5F96D6A6CF838199BA7B2" box="[354,458,1972,1994]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Chthonius</taxonomicName>
(E.)
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE5F96D6908F8381AB0A7B1" authority="Beier, 1958" authorityName="Beier" authorityYear="1958" box="[518,737,1971,1994]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apulicus">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE5F96D6908F8381A0DA7B2" box="[518,604,1972,1994]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">apulicus</emphasis>
Beier, 1958
</taxonomicName>
, male holotype. 13, anterior margin of carapace; 14, anterolateral portion of carapace; 15, fingers of right chelicera; 16, right chela, lateral view; 17, tip of fixed chelal finger, dorsal view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C36D655CFFE4F96C6BC9FF1B19ACA0D7" box="[199,509,151,176]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE4F96C6BC9FF1B19ACA0D7" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1615]" box="[199,509,151,176]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6BC9FF1B1908A0C8" bold="true" box="[199,345,151,176]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="F3607647FFE4F96C6A69FF1B19CEA0D7" box="[359,415,151,175]" name="Italy" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Italy</collectingCountry>
: Apulia.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36D655CFFE4F96C6BC9FF371ADCA1D4" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE4F96C6BC9FF371ADCA1D4" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1615]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6BC9FF37191AA0AC" bold="true" box="[199,331,187,212]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Diagnosis (</emphasis>
3
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6A6EFF371938A0AC" bold="true" box="[352,361,187,212]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">)</emphasis>
. An anophthalmic, hypogean
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE4F96C69B0FF301C4EA0AC" authority="(Ephippiochthonius)" baseAuthorityName="Ephippiochthonius" box="[702,1055,188,212]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C69B0FF301C4EA0AC" box="[702,1055,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius)</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Apulia that differs from the species of the
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE4F96C6A39FF6C19BAA080" box="[311,491,224,248]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tetrachelatus">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6A39FF6C19BAA080" box="[311,491,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">C. tetrachelatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group in the following combination of characters: highly specialized troglomorphic facies; movable cheliceral finger without isolated subapical tooth (
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6880FE881BF5A164" box="[910,932,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">di</emphasis>
) and with weak spinneret; carapace without epistome, with 1 preocular microseta on each side and two macrosetae on the posterior margin; fixed and movable chelal fingers respectively with 22 and 9 triangular and pointed teeth; fixed chelal finger at level of
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6E1CFEC11D1BA11C" box="[1298,1354,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">est-it</emphasis>
with 3 teeth occupying
<quantity id="4C8F9B32FFE4F96C6A5EFEE319F8A1FF" box="[336,425,367,391]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="mm" value="0.1">0.1 mm</quantity>
; length of chela
<quantity id="4C8F9B32FFE4F96C696DFEE31A98A1FF" box="[611,713,367,391]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.78" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="mm" value="1.78">1.78 mm</quantity>
, length of movable chelal finger 1.05; chela 7.4 times as long as deep; ratio of pedipalpal femur/carapace 2.0.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36D655CFFE4F96C6BC9FE341B8EA26F" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE4F96C6BC9FE341B8EA26F" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1615]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6BC9FE3419BAA1A8" bold="true" box="[199,491,439,464]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<typeStatus id="54CC8875FFE4F96C6BC9FE341953A1A8" box="[199,258,440,464]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Type</typeStatus>
material examined
</emphasis>
. ITALY—
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C696BFE341B06A1A8" box="[613,855,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Apulia: Foggia Prov.</emphasis>
—1 3 (
<typeStatus id="54CC8875FFE4F96C68A0FE3B1C47A1B7" box="[942,1046,439,463]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
), “
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6F39FE341D17A1A8" box="[1079,1350,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE4F96C6F39FE341CFBA1A8" box="[1079,1194,440,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Chthonius</taxonomicName>
(E.)
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE4F96C6FE9FE341D17A1A8" box="[1255,1350,440,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apulicus" status="sp. nov.">apulicus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23057BEFFE4F96C6E40FE341DDDA1B7" box="[1358,1420,440,463]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
/ det. Beier /
<typeStatus id="54CC8875FFE4F96C6A15FE501908A18C" box="[283,345,476,500]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Type</typeStatus>
! 3”, “Grotta Paglicci [300 Pu/FG,
<quantity id="4C8F9B32FFE4F96C69ECFE501B79A18C" box="[738,808,476,500]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="m" value="110.0">110 m</quantity>
a.s.l. (41°40ʹ0 0ʺN 15°34ʹ0 0ʺE)] (Rignano Garg[anico]. Puglie) /
<date id="FFC91017FFE4F96C6BF3FE731916A26F" box="[253,327,511,535]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">22.IX.</date>
[19]57 Ruffo l. / Coll. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona” (MSNV).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36D655CFFE4F96C6BC9FDAF194DA5E4" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE4F96C6BC9FDAF1BA3A548" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1615]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6BC9FDAF1999A244" bold="true" box="[199,456,547,572]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Description of adult (</emphasis>
3; Ƥ
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6902FDAF1AD7A244" bold="true" box="[524,646,547,572]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">unknown)</emphasis>
. Facies strongly troglomorphic. Integument pale depigmented; lateral surfaces of carapace, cheliceral palm, ventrodistal surface of pedipalpal hand and base of movable finger with weak hispid granulation. Carapace 1.1 times longer than broad, posteriorly slightly constricted; anterior margin (fig. 13) dentate between median macrosetae, without epistome; no eyes or eye-spots, ocular area as in fig. 14; chaetotaxy m
<quantity id="4C8F9B32FFE4F96C6A38FD381931A2B4" box="[310,352,692,716]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="m" value="4.0">4m</quantity>
:6:4:2:2 (18), macrosetae long, length of anteromedian macrosetae
<quantity id="4C8F9B32FFE4F96C6F61FD381CB8A2B4" box="[1135,1257,692,716]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.85" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="mm" value="0.185">0.185 mm</quantity>
. Chaetotaxy of tergites
<date id="FFC91017FFE4F96C6BF6FD551914A297" box="[248,325,727,752]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">IX 4</date>
:4:4:4:6:6:6:6:6:4. Chaetotaxy of sternites
<date id="FFC91017FFE4F96C6830FD551BF2A297" box="[830,931,727,752]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="2010-02" valueMax="2010-10-31" valueMin="2010-02-10">IIX 10</date>
:(3)9(3):(2)7(3):9:6:6:6:6:7; genital opening flanked by 10 setae on each side. Chelicerae (fig. 15) 2.35 times as long as broad, palm with 6 setae and 2 microsetae laterally; fixed finger with one large tooth and proximally with 4 small worn teeth; movable finger with 5 worn teeth, isolated subapical tooth (
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C695EFCC81A34A324" box="[592,613,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">di</emphasis>
) absent;
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C69C1FCC81AB4A324" box="[719,741,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">gl</emphasis>
ratio 0.58; spinneret weakly raised, keel-like; rallum with 10 (?) blades; serrulae interior and exterior respectively with 12 and 16 blades. Coxal setae: pedipalp 5 (including 2 on manducatory process),
<date id="FFC91017FFE4F96C6A95FC0119E8A3DC" box="[411,441,908,932]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">I 3</date>
+ 3 marginal microsetae,
<date id="FFC91017FFE4F96C69D2FC011B57A3DC" box="[732,774,908,932]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">II 4</date>
,
<date id="FFC91017FFE4F96C681FFC011B15A3DC" box="[785,836,908,932]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">III 5</date>
,
<date id="FFC91017FFE4F96C685EFC011BD4A3DC" box="[848,901,908,932]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">IV 6</date>
; coxae II with 15 and 17 coxal spines, coxae III with 8 and 10 coxal spines; intercoxal tubercle bisetose. Pedipalp (figs 1617): femur 9.4 times as long as broad; chela 7.4 times as long as deep; hand of chela 3.1 times as long as deep, with a long slight depression proximad of
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6B99FC741886A468" box="[151,215,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">ib-isb</emphasis>
and a very slight hump distad of
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6951FC741ACEA468" box="[607,671,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">ib-isb</emphasis>
; fixed chelal finger with 25 teeth: 22 triangular pointed teeth with dental canals, gradually reduced proximally, and 4 rounded, rudimentary basal teeth without canals; base of fixed finger with 4 microtubercles; tip of fixed finger with a modified accessory tooth (
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6F3BFBCC1C1AA420" box="[1077,1099,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">td</emphasis>
) on antiaxial face; pedipalpal fixed finger at level of
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6A96FBE91981A404" box="[408,464,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">est-it</emphasis>
with 3 teeth occupying
<quantity id="4C8F9B32FFE4F96C69D0FBE81B65A404" box="[734,820,1124,1148]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="mm" value="0.1">0.1 mm</quantity>
(distance between successive apices
<quantity id="4C8F9B32FFE4F96C6FDBFBE81D1AA404" box="[1237,1355,1124,1148]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.3999999999999995" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="mm" value="0.044">0.044 mm</quantity>
); distal half of movable finger with 9 triangular and pointed teeth and one rounded proximal tooth with dental canals, proximal half of movable finger with 7 reduced, vestigial teeth, without dental canals, reaching back to
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6E12FB201D64A4BC" box="[1308,1333,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sb</emphasis>
; coupled sensilla
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6BF8FB5D1940A490" box="[246,273,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">pc</emphasis>
just distad of
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6ACFFB5C198BA490" box="[449,474,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sb</emphasis>
; trichobothria as in fig. 16,
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6823FB5C1BCBA490" box="[813,922,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">eb-esb-ist</emphasis>
placed in a straight line; basal apodeme of movable finger sclerotized, rectangular, apically truncate; ratio of movable finger/hand of chela 1.4; ratio of pedipalpal femur/movable finger 1.3; ratio of pedipalpal femur/carapace 2.0.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE4F96C6BC9FAB1194DA5E4" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1615]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Measurements (in mm). Body length 2.5. Carapace 0.67 × 0.62 (0.58 anteriorly). Chelicerae 0.59 × 0.25, movable finger length 0.31. Pedipalp: femur 1.37 × 0.145; chela 1.78 × 0.24; hand length 0.74; movable finger length 1.05.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36D655CFFE4F96C6BC9FA241C76A637" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BC836D7FFE4F96C6BC9FA241C76A637" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1615]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6BC9FA241965A5B8" bold="true" box="[199,308,1448,1472]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Remarks</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE4F96C6A4DFA241A4FA5B8" box="[323,542,1448,1472]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apulicus">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6A4DFA241A4FA5B8" box="[323,542,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Chthonius apulicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the most troglomorphic species among the members of the
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE4F96C6FE9FA241DCCA5B8" box="[1255,1437,1448,1472]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tetrachelatus">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6FE9FA241DCCA5B8" box="[1255,1437,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">C. tetrachelatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group in mainland
<collectingCountry id="F3607647FFE4F96C6A7EFA4019F4A59C" box="[368,421,1484,1508]" name="Italy" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Italy</collectingCountry>
. It is related to the epigean
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE4F96C69EAFA411BC9A59C" box="[740,920,1484,1508]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tetrachelatus">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C69EAFA411BC9A59C" box="[740,920,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">C. tetrachelatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the hypogean
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE4F96C6F7DFA411D59A59C" box="[1139,1288,1484,1508]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="altamurae">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6F7DFA411D59A59C" box="[1139,1288,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">C. altamurae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Apulia (see Remarks under
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FFE4F96C6A8CFA7C1A46A670" box="[386,535,1520,1544]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="altamurae">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FFE4F96C6A8CFA7C1A46A670" box="[386,535,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">C. altamurae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). There are some minor discrepancies between the description of Beier (1958) and that above: the most important concerns the measurements of pedipalpal femur [1.30 ×
<quantity id="4C8F9B32FFE4F96C6FA6F9981D5EA654" box="[1192,1295,1556,1580]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="mm" value="0.13">0.13 mm</quantity>
, 10 times as long as broad in Beier (1958), 1.37 ×
<quantity id="4C8F9B32FFE4F96C6932F9BB1AE1A637" box="[572,688,1591,1615]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.45" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="mm" value="0.145">0.145 mm</quantity>
, 9.4 times as long as broad here].
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>