ARACHNOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT

Ein Endemit auf Abwegen: Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) nidicola neu für Deutschland (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae)

Ein Endemit auf Abwegen: Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) nidicola neu für Deutschland (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae)

Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) nidicola - new to Germany

Abstract

The first record of this species outside the Alps is presented from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The locality, Bad Neuenahr, represents a considerable extension of the known range of a species which has up till now been regarded an endemic of southern Switzerland.