First record of the genus Megachernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) from an Iranian cave
- 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.
Author: | Jana Christophoryová, Selvin Dashdamirov, Mohammad Javad Malek Hosseini, Saber Sadeghi |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369088 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5431/aramit4603 |
ISSN: | 2199-7233 |
Parent Title (Multiple languages): | Arachnologische Mitteilungen |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2015/02/03 |
Year of first Publication: | 2013 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2015/02/03 |
Tag: | Iran; Southern Asia; cave; new record; porcupine nest; pseudoscorpion,; taxonomy |
Volume: | 46 |
Page Number: | 8 |
First Page: | 9 |
Last Page: | 16 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 368115518 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Arachnologische Mitteilungen / Arachnologische Mitteilungen, Heft 46 (2013) |
: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-368949 |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |