Arachnological information
https://arages.de/en/journal/arachnology-lettersCraig SBB, Lissner J & Thomsen PF
First records of the order Schizomida from tropical hothouses in Denmark: Stenochrus portoricensis and a new species of Bamazomus (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae)
Erstnachweise der Ordnung Schizomida aus tropischen Gewächshäusern in Dänemark: Stenochrus portoricensis und eine neue Art von Bamazomus (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae).
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Anthropogenic transport of plants, food, and other materials has been a route of dispersal for many arthropods and some
tropical species have inadvertently been introduced to European hothouses where they have established reproducing populations. This study reports the first records of the introduction of the arachnid order Schizomida to Danish hothouses: namely Stenochrus portoricensis as well as a new species of Bamazomus (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae). The latter, Bamazomus serendipitus sp. n. is described. Possible origins of introductions for both species are addressed, based on comparison of newly generated and publicly available DNA barcodes, history of introduction of plants, and for B. serendipitus sp. n. also morphological similarity to other Bamazomus species. Stenochrus portoricensis has likely been introduced from Costa Rica and B. serendipitus sp. n. is suggested to originate from Southeast Asia.
COI, short-tailed whipscorpions, species introduction, taxonomy