Cave-inhabiting Cheliferidae (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) from Thailand, with description of four new species of Metachelifer Redikorzev

Yun-Chun Li; Ai-Min Shi

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1103.78808

Cave-inhabiting Cheliferidae (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) from Thailand, with description of four new species of Metachelifer Redikorzev

Zookeys. 2022 Jun 3:1103:171-188. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1103.78808. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yun-Chun Li¹, Ai-Min Shi¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637009, China China West Normal University Nanchong China.

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Metachelifer Redikorzev, 1938 are described from caves in the provinces of Tak (M.takensis sp. nov. and M.thailandicus sp. nov.), Chiangmai (M.mahnerti sp. nov.), and Nakhon Ratchasima (M.cheni sp. nov.). An identification key is provided to all known world representatives of the genus Metachelifer.

Keywords: Identification key; Southeast Asia; pseudoscorpion; taxonomy; troglobiont.

Yun-Chun Li, Ai-Min Shi.