ARACHNOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT

Doi
10.5431/aramit5306
Author

Krajčovičová K, Christophoryová J & Mahnert V

Year
2017
Title

Rhacochelifer disjunctus (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferidae) new to the fauna of Slovakia

Title translated

Rhacochelifer disjunctus (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferidae) neu für die Fauna der Slowakei

Issue

Heft 53

Pages
38-42
Abstract

An illustrated description of Rhacochelifer disjunctus (L. Koch, 1873) collected in Slovakia is presented. One female was found phoretic on Lepidoptera in a Malaise trap. Another 37 specimens, including both sexes, tritonymphs and a protonymph, collected in the 1950s were deposited in the Natural History Museum in Prague, Czech Republic and identified as well. The discoveries of R. disjunctus specimens at five localities within Slovakia represent the first records of the species for this country.

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Keywords

Malaise trap, morphometric analysis, new record, phoresy, pseudoscorpion, taxonomy