Genus: Ephippiochthonius Beier, 1930 | Family: Chthoniidae Daday, 1889 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Ephippiochthonius trapezoides Gogshelidze and Novák, 2026

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Ephippiochthonius

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:0992de43-d5ef-4a41-8df3-f3459214164a

Taxonomic references

Ephippiochthonius trapezoides Gogshelidze and Novák:

Gogshelidze and Novák, 2026: 168–169, figs 2C–D, 4A–D original description

Distribution
Distribution table
Georgia
Type locality: Tsintskila Cave, Zemo Imereti Plateau, Kharagauli, Imereti, Georgia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Tsintskila Cave 42.317278 43.338889
Type repository
  • Holotype Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia) female (ISUIZ-PSEUD-122)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6664FB95-BC00-461E-B3FC-A41F75D4ABE6

References

Gogshelidze, M. & Novák, J. (2026). Two new cavernicolous Ephippiochthonius species from Caucasian caves in Georgia (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Zootaxa 5785: 164–172. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5785.1.7 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-04-26 New taxonomic reference entry Gogshelidze and Novák, 2026
2026-04-26 New species inserted