Two new cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae: Parobisium) from Yunnan, China

Abstract

Two new species of troglomorphic pseudoscorpions of the family Neobisiidae, collected from karst caves in Yunnan, China, are described: Parobisium laevigatum sp. n. and P. muchonggouense sp. n.. A key to the Parobisium species from China is also provided.

Four new species of cave-adapted pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from Guizhou, China

“…They are usually eyeless and have a hypopigmented body cuticle and elongated body appendages. To date, 54 cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion species from four families (Atemnidae, Chernetidae, Chthoniidae, Neobisiidae) have been described from China (Schawaller 1995;Mahnert 2003Mahnert , 2009Mahnert and Li 2016;Gao et al 2017Gao et al , 2018Gao et al , 2020Li et al 2017Li et al , 2019Feng et al 2019Feng et al , 2020Zhang et al 2020;Li and Wang 2021;Hou et al 2022a, b;Li 2022;Xu et al 2022), including 12 species from Guizhou. No cavernicolous pseudotyrannochthoniid species have been reported from China yet.…”

Cave-inhabiting Neobisiidae (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, with the description of twenty new species of Bisetocreagris Ćurčić

“…nov. Nevertheless, they can be easily distinguished from the currently known species by comparisons of some of their characteristics below ( Parobisium laevigatum Chen, Feng & Zhang, 2020; Parobisium magangensis Feng, Wynne & Zhang, 2019; Parobisium motianense Feng, Wynne & Zhang, 2020; Parobisium muchonggouense Chen, Feng & Zhang, 2020; Parobisium qiangzhuang Feng, Wynne & Zhang, 2020; Parobisium sanlouense Feng, Wynne & Zhang, 2020; Parobisium tiani Feng, Wynne & Zhang, 2020; Parobisium yuantongi Feng, Wynne & Zhang, 2019). The new species B. bangenensis sp.…”

“…However, there has been very limited investigation of cave-inhabiting Neobisiidae in China. Only Parobisium Chamberlin, 1930 andBisetocreagris Ćurčić, 1983 have been reported from China (Mahnert & Li 2016;Li et al 2017;Gao et al 2018;Feng et al 2019Feng et al , 2020Zhang et al 2020).…”

Three new species of cave-adapted pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from eastern Yunnan, China

“…According to a survey, more than 1000 karst caves have been found in Yunnan Province ( Ming 1997 ). To date, more than 750 cave-dwelling animals have been identified in China (nearly 15% of them are from Yunnan), including 54 cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion species (25 of them are from Yunnan) ( Schawaller 1995 ; Mahnert 2003 , 2009 ; Mahnert and Li 2016 ; Gao et al 2017 , 2018 , 2020 ; Li et al 2017 , 2019 ; Feng et al 2019 , 2020 ; Latella 2019 ; Zhang et al 2020 ; Li and Wang 2021 ; Hou et al 2022a , b ; Li 2022 ; WPC 2022 ; Xu et al 2022 ).…”