TY - JOUR
T1 - A new species of troglobitic Anatemnus (Pseudoscorpiones: Atemnidae) from the Pilbara bioregion of Australia
AU - Alexander, Jason B
AU - Burger, Mieke AA
AU - Harvey, Mark
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Anatemnus, A. subvastus, is described from subterranean environments in the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia. Like Oratemnus cavernicola from New South Wales, it lacks eye spots, and has slightly elongated appendages and pallid colouration. It is known from only a small area of less than 20 km2. We also attribute Oratemnus cavernicola to the genus Anatemnus, forming the new combination Anatemnus cavernicola (Beier,1976), but note that the generic assignment of both species should be reviewed pending an assessment of all genera of Atemninae.
AB - A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Anatemnus, A. subvastus, is described from subterranean environments in the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia. Like Oratemnus cavernicola from New South Wales, it lacks eye spots, and has slightly elongated appendages and pallid colouration. It is known from only a small area of less than 20 km2. We also attribute Oratemnus cavernicola to the genus Anatemnus, forming the new combination Anatemnus cavernicola (Beier,1976), but note that the generic assignment of both species should be reviewed pending an assessment of all genera of Atemninae.
U2 - 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.29(2).2014.141-148
DO - 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.29(2).2014.141-148
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 141
EP - 148
JO - Records of the Western Australian Museum
JF - Records of the Western Australian Museum
SN - 0312-3162
ER -