Genus: Tyrannochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 | Family: Chthoniidae Daday, 1889 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Tyrannochthonius aratu Guimarães, Prado & Ferreira, 2025

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Tyrannochthonius

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:b41dc63a-d72b-4fca-be46-2078070c4399

Taxonomic references

Tyrannochthonius aratu Guimarães, Prado & Ferreira:

Guimarães, Prado and Ferreira, 2025: 374‒379, figs 1B, 1D, 7, 8D original description

Distribution
Distribution table
Brazil (Bahia)
Type locality: Morro do Aurélio Cave, Iuiú, Bahia, Brazil.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Morro do Aurélio Cave -14.513706 -43.543211
Type repository
  • Holotype ISLA (Subterranean Invertebrates of Lavras, Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil) male (ISLA 126405)
Zoobank LSID

20FE5FE2-6CA4-4B08-A30E-F96FA2B36C6A

References

Guimarães, L., Prado, G.C. & Ferreira, R.L. (2025). Two new species of Tyrannochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from caves in Brazilian semiarid region. Zootaxa 5706: 367–382. ZooBank: 6B776D91-90E4-4DC9-B047-CC9F8E11E484 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-06-21 Taxonomic reference update Guimarães, Prado and Ferreira, 2025
2026-06-21 New taxonomic reference entry Guimarães, Prado and Ferreira, 2025
2026-06-21 New species inserted