A new species of Cocinachernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) associated with mosses in Mexico

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Table 1. Reported pseudoscorpions associated with mosss.

Species	Habitats	References
Atemnidae
Paratemnoides nidificator (Balazan1888)	Bryum sp.	This work
Chernetidae
Chernetidae Menge 1855	Sphagnum sp.	Graves and Graves (1969)
Cocinachernes akalchesis		This work
Chtoniidae
Apochthonius sp. Chamberlin 1929	Sphagnum sp	Graves and Graves (1969)
Kleptochthonius sp. Chamnerlin 1949	Moss on rocks with some soil	Graves and Graves (1969)
Ideoroncidae
Albiorix edentatus Chamberlin, 1930	Bryum sp.	This work
Neobisiidae
Neobisium sp Chamberlin, 1930	Sphagnum sp., Polytrichum sp; moss on log beneath Rhododendron sp	Graves and Graves (1969)
N. carcinoides (Hermann, 1804)	Pinus sylvestris forest, moss sifting; P. mugo forest, moss sifting	Krajčovičová et al. (2022)
N. crassifemoratum (Beier,1928)	P. sylvestris forest, moss sifting	Krajčovičová et al. (2022)
Neobisium (Neobisium) adjaricum Kolesnikov, Christophoryová, Przhiboro and Turbanov, 2022	Sphagnum sp	Kolesnikov et al. (2022)

Figures 1–7. Cocinachernes akalchesis, female from Mexico. 1 body. Left hand chelicera setae. 3. Right chelicera, 4 left pedipalp. 5. Setae and ornament of tergites. Female genitalia, spermathecal. 7 Leg IV right. Scale bar 3 = 50 μm; 5 = 100 μm; 7 = 200 μm.

Figures 8–10. Cocinachernes akalchesis, 8 Chela female. 9 Chela deutonymph. 10 Chela protonymph. Scale bar 8 and 9 = 200 μm; 10 = 100 μm.

Figures 11–18. Albiorix edentates, 11 chela female. 12 tooth of fixed and movable finger chela female. 13 chela protonymph. Scale bar 11 and 12 = 200 μm; 13 = 100 μm. (14–18) Paratemnoides nidificator, 14 right pedipalp. 15 left chelicera. 16 chela female. 17. Leg IV. 18. Spermathecae. Scale bar 14, 15 and 16 = 200 μm; 17 = 100 μm; 18 = 50 μm.

Figure 19. Map showing known records of described species of the genus. Scale = 0.12 mm.

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