A redescription of Paratemnoides plebejus (with) (Pseudoscorpiones; atemnidae)

Abstract

Widely distributed species Paratemnoides plebejus Carl With 1 is redescribed in this paper by observing newly collected specimens from the Western Ghats and other reserve forest areas of Kerala, India.

Five new species of the genus Paratemnoides Harvey, 1991 (Pseudoscorpiones, Atemnidae) from China

“…nov. by slender chela (♂) (e.g. chela with pedicel 2.73× vs. 2.63–2.64× longer than broad) ( With 1906 , With 1907 , Beier 1932 , Beier 1935a , Beier 1935b , Redikorzev 1938 , Beier 1951 , Morikawa 1953 , Sivaraman 1980 , Sivaraman 1981 , Mathew and Joseph 2019 ).…”

“…nov. by stouter pedipalps (♂) (e.g. palpal femur 1.94–2.00× vs. 2.17–2.41× longer than broad) and relative position of trichobothria t and it ( t distal to it vs. basal to it ) ( With 1906 , With 1907 , Beier 1932 , Beier 1935a , Beier 1935b , Redikorzev 1938 , Beier 1951 , Morikawa 1953 , Sivaraman 1980 , Sivaraman 1981 , Mathew and Joseph 2019 ).…”

“… Paratemnoides sinensis (Beier, 1932) represents the only species of this genus currently distributed in China ( WPC 2024 ). The genus can be diagnosed as follows: carapace smooth and glossy, without furrow; tergites incompletely divided; pedipalp stout, surface smooth or with granulations on prolateral surface; palpal trochanter with two well-developed granular tubercles; trichobothrium it situated near the middle of the fixed chelal finger and distance between it and fingertip further than distance between ist and isb ; st closer to sb than to t ; legs moderately stout, a long tactile seta of leg IV situated near the base of tarsal segment ( Beier 1932 , Murthy and Ananthakrishnan 1977 , Mathew and Joseph 2019 ).…”