Genus: Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 | Family: Chthoniidae Daday, 1889 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Pseudochthonius castitas Guimarães & Ferreira, 2026

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Pseudochthonius

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:46da1682-7a8a-40fb-89f1-81274f90a091

Taxonomic references

Pseudochthonius castitas Guimarães & Ferreira:

Guimarães and Ferreira, 2026: 25‒27, figs 2F, 12–13 original description

Distribution
Distribution table
Brazil (Bahia)
Type locality: Baixão Cave, Iuiú Municipality, Bahia, Brazil.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Baixão Cave -14.435683 -43.62435
Type repository
  • Holotype ISLA (Subterranean Invertebrates of Lavras, Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil) female (ISLA 151539)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:17931ACD-1C5C-459D-8413-495388B75D73

References

Guimarães, L. & Ferreira, R.L. (2026). Remarkable micro-endemism and high congeneric richness: eight new cave-restricted species of Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from the Brazilian semi-arid. European Journal of Taxonomy 107: 1-43. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1078.3307 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-08-02 New taxonomic reference entry Guimarães and Ferreira, 2026
2026-08-02 New species inserted