First report of the family Ideoroncidae (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) from China, with description of a new species

Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e117319

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e117319

Authors: Zhizhong Gao, Kaiquan Zhang, Feng Zhang

Abstract: The pseudoscorpion genus Shravana Chamberlin, 1930, belonging to the family Ideoroncidae Chamberlin, 1930, currently contains 13 species. To date, no ideoroncid species has been recorded from China.The family Ideoroncidae Chamberlin, 1930 is reported from China for the first time. A new species of the genus Shravana Chamberlin, 1930, collected from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, is described under the name of Shravana zhui Gao & Zhang, sp. nov. on the basis of both sexes. The finding of this new species expands the distribution range of this family in Asia.

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