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A new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae) from China

2009; Arachnological Society of Japan; Volume: 58; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2476/asjaa.58.97

1880-7852

Zhiyong Di, Ming-Sheng Zhu,

Amphibian and Reptile Biology

A new species, Chaerilus mainlingensis sp. nov., is described from Xizang in China. The present new species is distinguished from the congeners by chela with width/length ratio more than 2.4, seven rows of denticles on fixed and movable fingers of pedipalp chelae, three or four pectinal teeth in females, and almost smooth teguments of the seventh sternite and all of the metasomal segments.