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(E.)
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(
<figureCitation id="134C2A52FF86F90E6B91FAB6196DA52A" box="[159,316,1338,1362]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 210 216" captionStart-1="FIGURES 217 218" captionStartId-0="110.[151,264,1549,1572]" captionStartId-1="112.[151,264,1964,1987]" captionTargetBox-0="[225,1360,188,1519]" captionTargetBox-1="[309,1266,183,1964]" captionTargetId-0="figure@110.[205,1382,167,1528]" captionTargetId-1="figure@112.[309,1277,157,1971]" captionTargetPageId-0="110" captionTargetPageId-1="112" captionText-0="FIGURES 210 216. Chthonius (E.) sulphureus n. sp. (Marche, Genga, Grotta di Frasassi). 210, male holotype, anterior margin of carapace; 211, female paratype, id.; 212, male holotype, anterolateral portion of carapace; 213, id., right chelicera; 214, male paratype, fingers of left chelicera; 215, female paratype, fingers of right chelicera; 216, male holotype, tip of fixed chelal finger, dorsal view." captionText-1="FIGURES 217 218. Chthonius (E.) sulphureus n. sp. (Marche, Genga, Grotta di Frasassi). 217, male holotype, right chela, lateral view; 218, female paratype, id. (Scale bar 0.1 mm)." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/223406/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/223407/files/figure.png" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Figs 210218</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="134C2A52FF86F90E6A49FAB61922A52A" box="[327,371,1338,1362]" captionStart="FIGURES 290 293" captionStartId="146.[151,264,1815,1838]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@146.[151,1436,193,1794]" captionTargetPageId="146" captionText="FIGURES 290 293. Distribution maps for the Italian species of the Chthonius fuscimanus group. 290, Chthonius (E.) boldorii Beier, 1934; 291, Chthonius (E.) genuensis Gardini, 1990, C. (E.) gestroi Simon, 1896, C. (E.) monguzzii n. sp., C. (E.) pieltaini Beier, 1930, C. (E.) troglophilus Beier, 1930 and C. (E.) zoiai Gardini, 1990; 292, Chthonius (E.) etruscus n. sp., C. (E.) latellai n. sp., C. (E.) magrinii n. sp. and C. (E.) sulphureus n. sp.; 293, Chthonius (E.) aeneae n. sp., C. (E.) gallii n. sp., C. (E.) intemelius n. sp. and C. (E.) ligur n. sp." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223424/files/figure.png" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">292</figureCitation>
)
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locality:
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<collectingCountry id="F3607647FF86F90E6A4EFA0E1925A5E2" box="[320,372,1410,1434]" name="Italy" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Italy</collectingCountry>
, Marche, Ancona Prov., Genga, Grotta di Frasassi 1 Ma/AN (43°24ʹ0 7ʺN 12°58ʹ0 7ʺE).
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: Marche.
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF86F90E6BC9FA46191CA59B" bold="true" box="[199,333,1482,1507]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Diagnosis (</emphasis>
Ƥ
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF86F90E6A79FA4619D6A59B" bold="true" box="[375,391,1482,1507]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">).</emphasis>
An anophthalmic hypogean
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF86F90E69DAFA471C66A59B" box="[724,1079,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius)</emphasis>
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from Marche that differs from other species of the
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF86F90E6A7AFA631A43A67E" box="[372,530,1518,1542]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">C. fuscimanus</emphasis>
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group in the following combination of characters: movable cheliceral finger with isolated subapical tooth (
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) proximal with respect to the spinneret; carapace without epistome, with 2 preocular microsetae on each side; chelal hand (in lateral view) without a rounded hump distad of trichobothria
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF86F90E6E1DF9BA1D02A636" box="[1299,1363,1590,1614]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">ib-isb</emphasis>
; fixed and movable chelal finger respectively with 14 and 8 triangular teeth; fixed chelal finger at level of
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF86F90E6E1DF9D01D1AA60B" box="[1299,1355,1628,1651]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">est-it</emphasis>
with 3 teeth occupying
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(distance between successive apices
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); proximal half of movable chelal finger with straight, thick marginal lamina; length of chela 1.071.095 (3), 1.111.25 (Ƥ) mm, length of movable chelal finger 0.640.66 (3), 0.650.73 (Ƥ) mm; chela 7.27.4 (3), 6.66.9 (Ƥ) times as long as deep; ratio of pedipalpal femur/carapace 1.71.8 (3Ƥ).
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material.
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ITALY—
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF86F90E6AFFF8821B40A75F" box="[497,785,1806,1831]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Marche: Ancona Prov.—</emphasis>
1 3 (
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) 1 3 6 Ƥ (
<typeStatus id="54CC8875FF86F90E6F42F8821CECA75E" box="[1100,1213,1806,1830]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
), Genga, Grotta di Frasassi 1 Ma/AN (43°24ʹ0 7ʺN 12°58ʹ0 7ʺE),
<date id="FFC91017FF86F90E6997F8BE1B4AA732" box="[665,795,1842,1866]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110" value="1996-11-15">15.XI.1996</date>
, S. Sarbu leg., deep section; 2 3 4 Ƥ (
<typeStatus id="54CC8875FF86F90E6FC9F8BE1D69A732" box="[1223,1336,1842,1866]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
), Genga, Grotta di Frasassi 1 Ma/AN, Grotta del Fiume-Grotta del Vento, Ramo sulfureo,
<date id="FFC91017FF86F90E6F4BF8DA1CE8A716" box="[1093,1209,1878,1902]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110" value="1998-09-07">7.IX.1998</date>
, S. Sarbu leg.; 2 Ƥ (
<typeStatus id="54CC8875FF86F90E6B91F8F61941A7EA" box="[159,272,1914,1938]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
), Genga, Grotta di Frasassi 1 Ma/AN, Grotta Sulfurea,
<date id="FFC91017FF86F90E688BF8F61BA8A7EA" box="[901,1017,1914,1938]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110" value="1998-09-07">7.IX.1998</date>
, S. Sarbu leg. (
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deposited in MHNG,
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in G. Gardini coll., Genoa).
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF85F90D6B99F9811937A65B" bold="true" box="[151,358,1549,1572]" pageId="110" pageNumber="111">FIGURES 210216</emphasis>
.
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(E.)
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</emphasis>
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(Marche, Genga, Grotta di Frasassi). 210, male holotype, anterior margin of carapace; 211, female paratype, id.; 212, male holotype, anterolateral portion of carapace; 213, id., right chelicera; 214, male paratype, fingers of left chelicera; 215, female paratype, fingers of right chelicera; 216, male holotype, tip of fixed chelal finger, dorsal view.
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF85F90D6BC9F92019CCA6BD" bold="true" box="[199,413,1708,1733]" italics="true" pageId="110" pageNumber="111">Derivatio nominis.</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
(Latin, adj.), relating to sulphur. The deep zones of the Frasassi caves complex are characterized by the presence of hydrogen sulphide and the organic material is produced by chemoautotrophic organisms (Sarbu
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF85F90D6A6CF97A19CAA775" box="[354,411,1781,1805]" italics="true" pageId="110" pageNumber="111">et al.</emphasis>
2000), allowing the development and maintenance of a hypogean community, including
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF85F90D6E8CF9791949A748" italics="true" pageId="110" pageNumber="111">
<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FF85F90D6E8CF9791944A748" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="110" pageNumber="111" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulphureus">C. sulphureus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF85F90D6BC9F8B01981A72D" bold="true" box="[199,464,1852,1877]" pageId="110" pageNumber="111">Description of adults (</emphasis>
Ƥ
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF85F90D6AF5F8B01A55A72D" bold="true" box="[507,516,1852,1877]" pageId="110" pageNumber="111">)</emphasis>
. Troglomorphic facies. Integument weakly pigmented; marked hispid granulation on lateral surfaces of carapace, on cheliceral palm and on ventrodistal surface of chelal hand. Carapace 1.0 times longer than broad, posteriorly constricted; anterior margin (figs 210211) closely denticulate between median macrosetae, without epistome; ocular area as in fig. 212, no eyes or eye-spots; chaetotaxy mm
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:6:4:2:2(18), macrosetae fine; length of anteromedian macrosetae
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. Chaetotaxy of tergites
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:4:4:4:6:6:6:6:6:4.
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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, sternite V rarely with 9 setae; genital opening of males flanked by 78 (rarely 6) setae on each side. Chelicerae (figs 213215) 2.3 2.45 times as long as broad, palm with 6 setae and 2 microsetae laterally; fixed finger with 912 teeth, proximally reduced in size, and 47 proximal microtubercles; movable finger with an isolated subapical tooth (
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), proximal with respect to the spinneret, 58 teeth, distal tooth prominent and apically indented, and 35 proximal microtubercles;
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ratio 0.570.62; spinneret weakly prominent in males, prominent, acute and apically rounded in females; rallum with 11 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 1116 coxal spines, coxa III with 59 coxal spines; intercoxal tubercle bisetose. Pedipalp: femur 7.47.7 (3), 7.27.65 (Ƥ) times as long as broad; chela (figs 216218) 7.27.4 (3), 6.6 6.9 (Ƥ) times as long as deep; hand of chela 2.93.0 (3), 2.72.8 (Ƥ) times as long as deep, weakly depressed behind trichobothria
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; fixed chelal finger with 14 large, triangular, pointed teeth, one proximal tooth with rounded tip, all with dental canals and 35 microtubercles at finger base; tip of fixed finger with a modified accessory tooth (
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) on antiaxial face; fixed chelal finger at level of
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with 3 teeth occupying
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(distance between successive apices
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); distal half of movable chelal finger with 8 large, triangular, upright and pointed teeth and 1 proximal rounded tooth, all with dental canals; proximal half of movable chelal finger with straight, thick marginal lamina (rarely irregular and thinner) between
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and
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; coupled sensilla
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nearer to
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than to
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; trichobothria as in figs 217218; basal apodeme of movable chelal finger strongly sclerotized, long, narrowed and indented apically; trichobothria
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placed in a straight line; ratio of movable finger/hand of chela 1.5 (3), 1.4 (Ƥ); ratio of pedipalpal femur/movable finger 1.2 (3Ƥ); ratio of pedipalpal femur/carapace 1.71.8 (3Ƥ).
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<paragraph id="8BC836D7FF84F90C6BC9FCC91C53A394" blockId="111.[151,1436,151,1220]" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">Measurements (in mm). Body length 1.71.8 (3), 1.72.0 (Ƥ). Carapace 0.440.45 × 0.430.45 (0.390.42 anteriorly) (3), 0.470.53 × 0.470.52 (0.440.49 anteriorly) (Ƥ). Chelicerae 0.410.42 × 0.170.175 (3), 0.445 0.49 × 0.180.20 (Ƥ), movable finger length 0.21 (3), 0.210.25 (Ƥ). Pedipalp: femur 0.760.78 × 0.100.105 (3), 0.800.88 × 0.110.12 (Ƥ); chela 1.071.095 × 0.1450.15 (3), 1.111.25 × 0.160.185 (Ƥ); hand length 0.43 0.44 (3), 0.450.51 (Ƥ); movable finger length 0.640.66 (3), 0.650.73 (Ƥ).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C36D655CFF84F90C6BC9FC741A1BA4BC" pageId="111" pageNumber="112" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6BC9FC74196AA468" bold="true" box="[199,315,1016,1040]" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">Remarks.</emphasis>
Among the species of the
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6960FC741B36A468" box="[622,871,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">Chthonius fuscimanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group,
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C68CEFC741C0CA468" box="[960,1117,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">C. sulphureus</emphasis>
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is probably related to the epigean
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6A23FB911985A44C" box="[301,468,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">C. tyrrhenicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the same geographical area, from which it differs in most troglomorphic characters, and to
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6A65FBCC19BAA420" box="[363,491,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">C. etruscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6929FBCC1AC8A420" box="[551,665,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">C. latellai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, hypogean species from central
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. For comparisons between
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6E8CFBCC1940A404" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">C. sulphureus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6A11FBE919CDA404" box="[287,412,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">C. etruscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6ADDFBE91A12A404" box="[467,579,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">C. latellai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
see Remarks under the latter two species.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C774D54FF84F90C6BC9FB041932A4D8" box="[199,355,1160,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="111" pageNumber="112" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulphureus">
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6BC9FB041932A4D8" box="[199,355,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">C. sulphureus</emphasis>
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, like
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<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6AAAFB041A44A4D8" box="[420,533,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">C. latellai</emphasis>
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, inhabits a karstic complex characterized by the presence of hydrogen sulphide (Sarbu
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6BE6FB211970A4BC" box="[232,289,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">et al.</emphasis>
2000, Latella
<emphasis id="B903EAC5FF84F90C6ACCFB2119AAA4BC" box="[450,507,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="111" pageNumber="112">et al.</emphasis>
1999).
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