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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Material examined.</paragraph>
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female (
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, preserved in ethanol:
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,
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, vicinity of
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,
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(
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,
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),
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, leg.
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female (
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66250), on SEM stub: same data as holotype.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The epithet
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Chthonius kirghisicus</emphasis>
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is an adjective that refers to the country where the specimens were collected, Kyrgyzstan.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
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</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. differs from other members of the subgenus by the following combination of characters: one pair of eyes (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tadzhikistanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with four feebly small eyes,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. aquasanctae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with two eyespots,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. pagus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. pagus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. submontanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submontanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. submontanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bearing two anterior well-developed eyes and two posterior eyespots,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. shelkovnikovi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shelkovnikovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. shelkovnikovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. carinthiacus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carinthiacus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. carinthiacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. delmastroi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delmastroi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. delmastroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with four well developed eyes,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. azerbaidzhanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. satapliaensis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satapliaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. satapliaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lack eyes or eye spots) (
<bibRefCitation author="Redikorzev, V" journalOrPublisher="Georgie" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="97 - 106" refId="B23" refString="Redikorzev, V, 1930. Contribution a l'etude de la faune des pseudoscorpions du Caucase. Bulletin Mus. Georgie 6: 97 - 106" title="Contribution a l'etude de la faune des pseudoscorpions du Caucase. Bulletin Mus." volume="6" year="1930">Redikorzev 1930</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
<bibRefCitation author="Dashdamirov, S" journalOrPublisher="Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" refId="B12" refString="Dashdamirov, S, Schawaller, W, 1992. Pseudoscorpions from Middle Asia part 1 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde (A)440, 30 pp." title="Pseudoscorpions from Middle Asia part 1 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde (A) 440, 30 pp." year="1992">Dashdamirov and Schawaller 1992</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
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,
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); epistome large and heavily dentated (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. azerbaidzhanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
C
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chthonius pagus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagus">Chthonius pagus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. satapliaensis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satapliaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. satapliaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with small dentated epistome,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. carinthiacus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carinthiacus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. carinthiacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. aquasanctae" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aquasanctae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. aquasanctae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with a distinct but small epistome,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. ponticus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ponticus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. delmastroi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delmastroi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. delmastroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tenuis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. submontanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submontanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. submontanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
without an epistome) (Beier 1964;
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;
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;
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;
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,
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1204555C" author="Curcic, BPM" journalOrPublisher="Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="1555 - 1565" refId="B8" refString="Curcic, BPM, Rađa, T, Dimitrijevic, RN, 2012a. On two new cave pseudoscorpions, Chthonius (Chthonius) pagus sp. nov. (Chthoniidae) and Roncus navalia sp. nov. (Neobisiidae), from the Island of Pag, Croatia. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade 64 (4): 1555 - 1565, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1204555C" title="On two new cave pseudoscorpions, Chthonius (Chthonius) pagus sp. nov. (Chthoniidae) and Roncus navalia sp. nov. (Neobisiidae), from the Island of Pag, Croatia." url="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1204555C" volume="64" year="2012 a">2012a</bibRefCitation>
); anterior margin mostly serrated (ranging between seta
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">ame</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">al</emphasis>
) (
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tadzhikistanicus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tadzhikistanicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tadzhikistanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with anterior margin entirely serrated,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. azerbaidzhanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="azerbaidzhanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. azerbaidzhanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. satapliaensis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satapliaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. satapliaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. pagus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. pagus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. aquasanctae" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aquasanctae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. aquasanctae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. carinthiacus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carinthiacus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. carinthiacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. ponticus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ponticus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with only epistome region serrated) (Beier 1964;
<bibRefCitation author="Schawaller, W" journalOrPublisher="Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde (A)" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="1 - 51" refId="B24" refString="Schawaller, W, Dashdamirov, S, 1988. Pseudoskorpione aus dem Kaukasus Teil 2 (Arachnida). Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde (A) 415: 1 - 51" title="Pseudoskorpione aus dem Kaukasus Teil 2 (Arachnida)." volume="415" year="1988">Schawaller and Dashdamirov 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5431/aramit4206" author="Christophoryova, J" journalOrPublisher="Arachnologische Mitteilungen" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="23 - 28" refId="B5" refString="Christophoryova, J, Mock, A, Ľuptacik, P, 2011. Chthonius (Chthonius) carinthiacus and Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) tuberculatus new to the fauna of Slovakia (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 42: 23 - 28, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5431/aramit4206" title="Chthonius (Chthonius) carinthiacus and Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) tuberculatus new to the fauna of Slovakia (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.5431/aramit4206" volume="42" year="2011">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Christophoryová">Christophoryova</normalizedToken>
et al. 2011
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1104257C" author="Curcic, BPM" journalOrPublisher="Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="1257 - 1263" refId="B7" refString="Curcic, BPM, Rađa, T, Dimitrijevic, RN, 2011. A new cave pseudoscorpion from Serbia (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae). Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade 63 (4): 1257 - 1263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1104257C" title="A new cave pseudoscorpion from Serbia (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1104257C" volume="63" year="2011">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ćurčić">Curcic</normalizedToken>
et al. 2011
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1204555C" author="Curcic, BPM" journalOrPublisher="Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="1555 - 1565" refId="B8" refString="Curcic, BPM, Rađa, T, Dimitrijevic, RN, 2012a. On two new cave pseudoscorpions, Chthonius (Chthonius) pagus sp. nov. (Chthoniidae) and Roncus navalia sp. nov. (Neobisiidae), from the Island of Pag, Croatia. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade 64 (4): 1555 - 1565, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1204555C" title="On two new cave pseudoscorpions, Chthonius (Chthonius) pagus sp. nov. (Chthoniidae) and Roncus navalia sp. nov. (Neobisiidae), from the Island of Pag, Croatia." url="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1204555C" volume="64" year="2012 a">2012a</bibRefCitation>
); carapace with 20 setae, chaetotaxy 4: 2: 4: 4: 2: 4 (
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. ponticus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ponticus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[4: 4: 2: 4: 2: 2],
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. carinthiacus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carinthiacus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. carinthiacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. delmastroi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delmastroi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. delmastroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tenuis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. submontanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submontanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. submontanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[4:6:4:2:2] with 18 setae);
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">il</emphasis>
located medially (in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tadzhikistanicus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tadzhikistanicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tadzhikistanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. shelkovnikovi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shelkovnikovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. shelkovnikovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. azerbaidzhanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="azerbaidzhanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. azerbaidzhanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">il</emphasis>
is situated on the lateral margin),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">pl</emphasis>
situated posteriorly to
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">pm</emphasis>
(in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. satapliaensis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satapliaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. satapliaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">pl</emphasis>
is located anteriorly to
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">pm</emphasis>
); palpal femur 5.2 times longer than wide (4.5 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tadzhikistanicus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tadzhikistanicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tadzhikistanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 3.0 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. shelkovnikovi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shelkovnikovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. shelkovnikovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 5.4 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. azerbaidzhanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="azerbaidzhanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. azerbaidzhanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 6.1 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. satapliaensis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satapliaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. satapliaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); chela 5.8 times longer than wide (5.4 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tadzhikistanicus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tadzhikistanicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tadzhikistanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 5.1 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. satapliaensis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satapliaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. satapliaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 4.0 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. shelkovnikovi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shelkovnikovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. shelkovnikovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 5.1 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. ponticus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ponticus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 4.9 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. aquasanctae" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aquasanctae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. aquasanctae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 4.4 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. delmastroi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delmastroi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. delmastroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 5.3 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tenuis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 4.5 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. submontanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submontanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. submontanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 4.8 times in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. pagus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. pagus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
<bibRefCitation author="Redikorzev, V" journalOrPublisher="Georgie" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="97 - 106" refId="B23" refString="Redikorzev, V, 1930. Contribution a l'etude de la faune des pseudoscorpions du Caucase. Bulletin Mus. Georgie 6: 97 - 106" title="Contribution a l'etude de la faune des pseudoscorpions du Caucase. Bulletin Mus." volume="6" year="1930">Redikorzev 1930</bibRefCitation>
; Beier 1964;
<bibRefCitation author="Dashdamirov, S" journalOrPublisher="Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" refId="B12" refString="Dashdamirov, S, Schawaller, W, 1992. Pseudoscorpions from Middle Asia part 1 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde (A)440, 30 pp." title="Pseudoscorpions from Middle Asia part 1 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde (A) 440, 30 pp." year="1992">Dashdamirov and Schawaller 1992</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Gardini, G" journalOrPublisher="Rivista Piemontese di Storia Naturale" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="25 - 51" refId="B14" refString="Gardini, G, 2009. Chthonius (C.) delmastroi sp. nov. delle Alpi occidentali e del Piemonte e ridescrizione di Chthonius (C.) tenuis L. Koch, 1873 e di C. (C.) submontanus Beier, 1963 (Pseudoscorpiones Chthoniidae). Rivista Piemontese di Storia Naturale 30: 25 - 51" title="Chthonius (C.) delmastroi sp. nov. delle Alpi occidentali e del Piemonte e ridescrizione di Chthonius (C.) tenuis L. Koch, 1873 e di C. (C.) submontanus Beier, 1963 (Pseudoscorpiones Chthoniidae)." volume="30" year="2009">Gardini 2009</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1104257C" author="Curcic, BPM" journalOrPublisher="Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="1257 - 1263" refId="B7" refString="Curcic, BPM, Rađa, T, Dimitrijevic, RN, 2011. A new cave pseudoscorpion from Serbia (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae). Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade 63 (4): 1257 - 1263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1104257C" title="A new cave pseudoscorpion from Serbia (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1104257C" volume="63" year="2011">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ćurčić">Curcic</normalizedToken>
et al. 2011
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1204555C" author="Curcic, BPM" journalOrPublisher="Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" pagination="1555 - 1565" refId="B8" refString="Curcic, BPM, Rađa, T, Dimitrijevic, RN, 2012a. On two new cave pseudoscorpions, Chthonius (Chthonius) pagus sp. nov. (Chthoniidae) and Roncus navalia sp. nov. (Neobisiidae), from the Island of Pag, Croatia. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade 64 (4): 1555 - 1565, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1204555C" title="On two new cave pseudoscorpions, Chthonius (Chthonius) pagus sp. nov. (Chthoniidae) and Roncus navalia sp. nov. (Neobisiidae), from the Island of Pag, Croatia." url="https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1204555C" volume="64" year="2012 a">2012a</bibRefCitation>
); fixed chelal finger with 75-77 contiguous, acute and reclined backwards teeth (25 acute and straight teeth in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. azerbaidzhanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="azerbaidzhanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. azerbaidzhanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 28 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. satapliaensis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satapliaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. satapliaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 33-38 acute, reclined backwards and close-set teeth in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. carinthiacus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carinthiacus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. carinthiacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 23-25 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. aquasanctae" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aquasanctae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. aquasanctae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 30-33 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. pagus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. pagus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 32-36 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. submontanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submontanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. submontanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 38 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tenuis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 27-29 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. delmastroi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delmastroi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. delmastroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 12-13 acute and sparse teeth in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. ponticus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ponticus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 50 round and small teeth in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. shelkovnikovi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shelkovnikovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. shelkovnikovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); movable finger with 59-60 contiguous acute and retrorse teeth (18 acute and small teeth in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. azerbaidzhanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="azerbaidzhanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. azerbaidzhanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 18 acute and straight teeth in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. satapliaensis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satapliaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. satapliaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 17-20 acute, reclined backwards and close-set teeth in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. carinthiacus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carinthiacus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. carinthiacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 19-21 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. aquasanctae" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aquasanctae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. aquasanctae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 25-39 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. pagus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. pagus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 23-30 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. submontanus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submontanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. submontanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 34 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tenuis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 26-29 in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. delmastroi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delmastroi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. delmastroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 24 flat and small teeth in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. ponticus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ponticus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 50 round and small teeth in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. shelkovnikovi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shelkovnikovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. shelkovnikovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); absence of a protuberance near
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">ib</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">isb</emphasis>
(found in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tadzhikistanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. tenuis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. delmastroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); chelal hand long and slender (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
presents a ventrally round portion of the hand,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. shelkovnikovi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shelkovnikovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. shelkovnikovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibits short and robust chela) (
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; Beier 1964;
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;
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;
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;
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,
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="27" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Type locality and habitat of Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. A Kyrgyzstan karst landscape B general area where the cave is located with the lower entrance featured C detail of the lower cave entrance D cave interior E live holotype." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588743" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">6E</figureCitation>
). Body pale yellowish, mostly translucent; chelicerae slightly reddish orange, abdomen dark beige. Some parts of the body scaly. Vestitural setae sharp and anteriorly projected.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
Carapace (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A carapace, showing distribution of setae and furrows B left chelicera, antiaxial view C detail of anterior margin of carapace D detail of epistome, showing highly dentate margin. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A); 0.2 mm (B)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588737" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">1A-C</figureCitation>
). 1.0-1.1 times longer than broad, strongly constricted posteriorly showing a difference between ocular breadth and posterior breadth of 0.12 mm (0.06 from each side of the carapace); anterior margin mostly serrated (ranging between seta
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">ame</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">al</emphasis>
); one pair of eyes; epistome strongly dentate and saw-like; presence of three furrows, one from the posterior to anterior margin, splitting in two in the area between
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">me</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">oc</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A carapace, showing distribution of setae and furrows B left chelicera, antiaxial view C detail of anterior margin of carapace D detail of epistome, showing highly dentate margin. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A); 0.2 mm (B)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588737" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">1A</figureCitation>
); posterior margin of carapace scaly; chaetotaxy 4: 2: 4: 4: 2: 4 (20).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Chthonius kirghisicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. holotype
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A</emphasis>
carapace, showing distribution of setae and furrows
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
left chelicera, antiaxial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C</emphasis>
detail of anterior margin of carapace
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">D</emphasis>
detail of epistome, showing highly dentate margin. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A</emphasis>
); 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
Chelicera (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A carapace, showing distribution of setae and furrows B left chelicera, antiaxial view C detail of anterior margin of carapace D detail of epistome, showing highly dentate margin. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A); 0.2 mm (B)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588737" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">1D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. SEM images of the paratype A left chelicera, showing the arrangement of setae, dorsal view B detail of left chelicera, showing dorsal lyrifissures, dorsal view C right chelicera, showing arrangement of lyrifissures, ventral view D detail of right chelicera, showing ventral lyrifissures. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588742" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">5A-D</figureCitation>
). Hand with 6 setae; movable finger with 1 subdistal seta; galea present as a tubercle; fixed finger with 8-10 acute teeth including two large ones (the two distalmost); movable finger with 7-8 acute teeth including one large distal tooth; rallum with 10 blades, middle blades long, presenting ramifications at the apex; serrula exterior with 15-17 blades, serrula interior with 12 blades.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Tergites. Not divided; surface smooth; chaetotaxy uniseriate, I-XI 4: 4: 4: 4-6: 6: 6: 6: 6: 6: 4-6: 4. Anal operculum with two dorsal setae. Pleural membranes smooth.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
Coxae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A pedal coxae B detail of coxae II and III showing coxal spines distribution and intercoxal tubercle bisetose C left leg IV, retrolateral view. Scale bar: 0.3 mm (A); 0.025 mm (B); 0.5 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588740" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">3A, B</figureCitation>
). Manducatory process with 2 apical enlarged setae, delicate lamellae outlined by 17-19 small spines; rest of palp coxae with 3 setae arranged in a triangle; presence of two conspicuous pores on anterior region of palpal coxae. Pedal (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A pedal coxae B detail of coxae II and III showing coxal spines distribution and intercoxal tubercle bisetose C left leg IV, retrolateral view. Scale bar: 0.3 mm (A); 0.025 mm (B); 0.5 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588740" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">3A</figureCitation>
): coxal spines bipinnate, irregularly arranged in a rounded patch (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A pedal coxae B detail of coxae II and III showing coxal spines distribution and intercoxal tubercle bisetose C left leg IV, retrolateral view. Scale bar: 0.3 mm (A); 0.025 mm (B); 0.5 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588740" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">3A, B</figureCitation>
), present in coxae II (8-14) and coxae III (3-5), chaetotaxy: I 6, II 4, III 5, IV 7; intercoxal tubercle present between coxae III and IV, bearing two setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Genital operculum of female: setae distributed in four horizontal rows: 2: 4: 4: 2, genital opening angularly bifurcated.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Sternites: chaetotaxy IV-XI: 10-12: 7-8: 6-8: 6: 4: 2-4: 2: 0. Anal operculum without ventral setae.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
Palp (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A right pedipalp chela, showing teeth morphology and trichobothrial pattern, antiaxial view B left pedipalp chela, showing the arrangement of teeth with detailed gaps and lyrifissures arrangement, antiaxial view C left pedipalp chela, dorsal view D left pedipalp chela, ventral view. See Material and methods for abbreviations. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588738" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">2A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. SEM images of the paratype A right pedipalp chela, showing trichobothrial pattern and arrangement of antiaxial lyrifissures, antiaxial view B detail of fa lyrifissure at base of right chelal fixed finger, antiaxial view C detail of ma 1 lyrifissure at chelal movable finger, antiaxial view D detail of ma 2 lyrifissure at chelal movable finger, antiaxial view E claw and arolia of right Leg IV. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A); 0.05 mm (B); 0.03 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588741" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">4A-D</figureCitation>
). Trochanter 1.5-1.7 times longer than broad, patella 1.7-2.0 times longer than broad, femur 5.0-5.2 times longer than broad. Femoral chaetotaxy 3: 4: 2: 5: 1. Chelal hand fusiform, with 4 posterior setae (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">ph</emphasis>
3 present), apodeme reduced, almost absent, trichobothrial pattern:
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">ib</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">isb</emphasis>
located at the base of the hand, adjacent to each other,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">eb</emphasis>
proximad to
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">esb</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">ist</emphasis>
distad to
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">esb</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">eb</emphasis>
-
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">esb</emphasis>
-
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">ist</emphasis>
located at the base of fixed finger,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">it</emphasis>
proximad to
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">est</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">et</emphasis>
distad from
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">est.</emphasis>
Fixed finger almost straight, movable finger slightly bent (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A right pedipalp chela, showing teeth morphology and trichobothrial pattern, antiaxial view B left pedipalp chela, showing the arrangement of teeth with detailed gaps and lyrifissures arrangement, antiaxial view C left pedipalp chela, dorsal view D left pedipalp chela, ventral view. See Material and methods for abbreviations. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588738" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">2C, D</figureCitation>
). Left chelal fixed finger with 75-77 acute, not widely spaced teeth. In holotype left fixed chelal finger, teeth divided in three groups by gaps (probably frayed teeth), counting from basal to distal: 31 teeth, a gap of ca. 10 teeth; followed by 5 teeth, a gap of ca. 6 teeth and 23 more teeth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A right pedipalp chela, showing teeth morphology and trichobothrial pattern, antiaxial view B left pedipalp chela, showing the arrangement of teeth with detailed gaps and lyrifissures arrangement, antiaxial view C left pedipalp chela, dorsal view D left pedipalp chela, ventral view. See Material and methods for abbreviations. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588738" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">2B</figureCitation>
). Movable finger with 59-60 acute teeth, growing from basal to distal; right chelal fixed finger with 75-77 teeth, not widely spaced, without gaps.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Chthonius kirghisicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. holotype
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A</emphasis>
right pedipalp chela, showing teeth morphology and trichobothrial pattern, antiaxial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
left pedipalp chela, showing the arrangement of teeth with detailed gaps and lyrifissures arrangement, antiaxial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C</emphasis>
left pedipalp chela, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">D</emphasis>
left pedipalp chela, ventral view. See Material and methods for abbreviations. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
Leg IV (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. holotype A pedal coxae B detail of coxae II and III showing coxal spines distribution and intercoxal tubercle bisetose C left leg IV, retrolateral view. Scale bar: 0.3 mm (A); 0.025 mm (B); 0.5 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588740" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">3C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Chthonius kirghisicus sp. nov. SEM images of the paratype A right pedipalp chela, showing trichobothrial pattern and arrangement of antiaxial lyrifissures, antiaxial view B detail of fa lyrifissure at base of right chelal fixed finger, antiaxial view C detail of ma 1 lyrifissure at chelal movable finger, antiaxial view D detail of ma 2 lyrifissure at chelal movable finger, antiaxial view E claw and arolia of right Leg IV. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A); 0.05 mm (B); 0.03 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588741" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">4E</figureCitation>
). Arolia shorter than claws; a small protuberance near end of tarsus.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588740" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Prado 1 &amp; Viana 1 &amp; Milko 2 &amp; Ferreira 1" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chthonius kirghisicus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kirghisicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Chthonius kirghisicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. holotype
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A</emphasis>
pedal coxae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
detail of coxae II and III showing coxal spines distribution and intercoxal tubercle bisetose
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C</emphasis>
left leg IV, retrolateral view. Scale bar: 0.3 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A</emphasis>
); 0.025 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588741" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Chthonius kirghisicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. SEM images of the paratype
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A</emphasis>
right pedipalp chela, showing trichobothrial pattern and arrangement of antiaxial lyrifissures, antiaxial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
detail of
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">fa</emphasis>
lyrifissure at base of right chelal fixed finger, antiaxial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C</emphasis>
detail of
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">ma1</emphasis>
lyrifissure at chelal movable finger, antiaxial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">D</emphasis>
detail of
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">ma2</emphasis>
lyrifissure at chelal movable finger, antiaxial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">E</emphasis>
claw and arolia of right Leg IV. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A</emphasis>
); 0.05 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
); 0.03 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C-E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Measurements (length/breadth or depth inmm; ratios in parenthesis calculated by using three significant digits): Female holotype and female paratype range. Body length 1.46 [1.44]. Carapace 0.50-0.51/0.47-0.48 (1.0-1.1). Palps: trochanter 0.21-0.22/0.13 (1.5-1.7), femur 0.65-0.66/0.13 (5.0-5.2), patella 0.26-0.28/0.14-0.15 (1.7-2.0), chela 0.94-0.96/0.1 (5.7-5.8), movable finger length 0.60-0.61. Leg I: trochanter 0.10-0.12/0.08-0.09 (1.2-1.4), femur 0.34-0.36/0.05-0.07 (4.9-5.9), patella 0.14-0.17/0.06 (2.6-2.7), femur/patella 2.1-2.4, tibia 0.21-0.22/0.04 (4.8-5.8), tarsus 0.35-0.38/0.04 (10.0-10.1). Leg IV: Trochanter: 0.13-0.17/0.10-0.12 (1.1-1.8), femur + patella 0.54-0.61/0.21-0.22 (2.5-2.9), tibia 0.36-0.38/0.09 (4.1-4.2), basitarsus 0.18-0.20/0.06 (2.9-3.1), telotarsus 0.33-0.35/0.03-0.04 (9.7-9.9).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="27" type="habitat">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
The two individuals of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="C." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="C. kirghisicus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kirghisicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C. kirghisicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. were found in the wet areas fed by percolating water. These drip areas were located approximately 30 m from the upper entrance and occurred within the
<normalizedToken originalValue="caves">cave's</normalizedToken>
twilight zone. Even considering the proximity of the upper entrance (approximately 30 m from the drip area), the individuals were observed in a depression in the cave floor located in a lateral portion of the cave conduit, so that the light coming from the upper entrance (which is small - about 1 m2) did not reach this area. Potential prey species include springtails, which were observed in this area.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588742" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Prado 1 &amp; Viana 1 &amp; Milko 2 &amp; Ferreira 1" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Chthoniidae" genus="Chthonius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chthonius kirghisicus" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kirghisicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Chthonius kirghisicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. SEM images of the paratype
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A</emphasis>
left chelicera, showing the arrangement of setae, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
detail of left chelicera, showing dorsal lyrifissures, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C</emphasis>
right chelicera, showing arrangement of lyrifissures, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">D</emphasis>
detail of right chelicera, showing ventral lyrifissures. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A-C</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/588743" pageId="0" pageNumber="27" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Figure 6.</emphasis>
Type locality and habitat of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">Chthonius kirghisicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">A</emphasis>
Kyrgyzstan karst landscape
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
general area where the cave is located with the lower entrance featured
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">C</emphasis>
detail of the lower cave entrance
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">D</emphasis>
cave interior
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="27">E</emphasis>
live holotype.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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