The taxonomic status of the Caucasian cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion Chthonius satapliaensis (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)

Abstract

Globochthonius satapliaensis (Schawaller & Dashdamirov, 1988) (n. comb.) originally described as Chthonius (Chthonius) satapliaensis from a single female collected in the Sataplia II Cave, Imereti Region (Georgia) is redescribed and depicted based on specimens of both sexes from caves of Sataphlia-Tskaltubo karst massif and Zemo Imereti Plateau. Information on all cave recorded pseudoscorpion species from Georgia is given.

Keywords:

• False scorpions
• cave fauna
• taxonomy
• new combination
• Caucasus

Supplementary Material

Supplementary Table S1 and Figures S1 and S2 are given as a Supplementary Annex, which is available via the “Supplementary” tab on the article’s online page.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr. Gerald Legg for his linguistical help on the manuscript, and to Gergely Novák for his contribution to the adjustment of the SEM pictures.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.