Further records of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) from Saudi Arabia
Author
Mahnert, Volker
Author
Sharaf, Mostafa
Author
Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3764
3
387
393
journal article
46473
10.11646/zootaxa.3764.3.8
8a7a9770-4717-40c3-8c19-85dee45429c9
1175-5326
227547
5DA1C9F3-F0FD-4798-BBEC-AF8EE8FD5917
Paratemnoides ellingseni
(Beier, 1932)
Material examined.
Al Urdiyah Government
,
W. Qonouna
,
12.V.
2011
, 353 m,
19°25′45.7″N
,
41°36′18.1″E
:
1 ♂
(
MHNG
).
Remarks.
This species is widely distributed in central, southern and eastern Africa and
Madagascar
(
Harvey 2013
). It is recorded for the first time from the Arabian Peninsula, representing an additional element of the Afrotropical fauna in the region. The specimen is characterized by its genital morphology, in agreement with the description and figure in
Klausen (2005)
. Additionally, the following characters are diagnostic for this taxon.
Pedipalps: trochanter 1.7 × longer than broad (
0.46 mm
/
0.27 mm
), femur 2.3× (0.74/0.33), patella 2.0 × (0.77/ 0.39), hand with pedicel 1.8 × (0.87/0.47), chela with pedicel 2.8 × (1.31/0.47) longer than broad, hand with pedicel 1.5 × longer than finger (length
0.57 mm
), finger 1.21 × longer than hand breadth; fixed finger with 30, movable finger with 47 teeth. Leg I: femur 1.3 × longer than deep (0.26/0.20), patella 2.2 × (0.46/0.21), tibia 3.3 × (0.44/0.13), tarsus 4.1 × (0.39/0.09); leg IV: femur+patella 2.8 × (0.78/0.28), tibia 3.6 × (0.60/0.17), tarsus 3.6 × (0.40/0.11) longer than deep.