Revision of the genus Lechytia Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species

Jianzhou Sun; Xiangbo Guo; Feng Zhang

doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e122612

Revision of the genus Lechytia Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species

Biodivers Data J. 2024 Apr 19:12:e122612. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e122612. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Jianzhou Sun^{1

2}, Xiangbo Guo^{1

2}, Feng Zhang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University Baoding, Hebei 071002 China.
² Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, Hebei University Baoding, Hebei 071002 China.

Abstract

Background: The hoffi species-group previously comprised only two species, Lechytiahoffi Muchmore, 1975 and Lechytiayulongensis Zhang and Zhang, 2014, of which L.yulongensis is distributed in China.

New information: Three species of the genus Lechytia are described from China: Lechytiaacutidentata sp. nov. and Lechytiadepressidentata sp. nov. from Xizang Autonomous Region and L.yulongensis from Yunnan Province. The female of L.yulongensis is reported for the first time. In addition, a key to the hoffi species-group is provided.

Keywords: Lechytiinae; Xizang; new species; taxonomy.

Jianzhou Sun, Xiangbo Guo, Feng Zhang.