TY - JOUR A1 - Christophoryová, Jana A1 - Dashdamirov, Selvin A1 - Hosseini, Mohammad Javad Malek A1 - Sadeghi, Saber T1 - First record of the genus Megachernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) from an Iranian cave T2 - Arachnologische Mitteilungen N2 - The pseudoscorpion genus Megachernes is recorded for the first time in Iran. Adults and protonymphs of Megachernes pavlovskyi Redikorzev, 1949 were found in a porcupine nest and under stones in the Deh Sheikh (Pataveh) cave, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Southwest Iran. A short description of the species is provided, based on the main morphological and morphometric characters of the adults. KW - cave KW - Iran KW - new record KW - porcupine nest KW - pseudoscorpion, KW - Southern Asia KW - taxonomy Y1 - 2013 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36908 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369088 SN - 2199-7233 VL - 46 SP - 9 EP - 16 ER -