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

Pseudochthonius caritas Guimarães & Ferreira, 2026

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Pseudochthonius

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:9cbdefdf-eb24-4a86-a51e-719372454dd2

Taxonomic references

Pseudochthonius caritas Guimarães & Ferreira:

Guimarães and Ferreira, 2026: 10‒13, figs 2C, 5–6 original description

Distribution
Distribution table
Brazil (Bahia)
Type locality: Tabocas Cave, Malhada Municipality, Bahia, Brazil.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Tabocas Cave -14.586836 -43.686386
Type repository
  • Holotype ISLA (Subterranean Invertebrates of Lavras, Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil) male (ISLA 151522)
  • Paratype ISLA (Subterranean Invertebrates of Lavras, Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil) 1 male, 2 females (ISLA 151523–151525)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:44AE084A-E69C-45BE-A582-7ADCC4E02346

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