A new and endangered species of the pseudoscorpion genus Lagynochthonius from a cave in Vietnam, with notes on chelal morphology and the composition of the Tyrannochthoniini (Arachnida, Chelonethi, Chthoniidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1627, 2007, Pages 53-68

  Judson, Mark L I ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; CHTHONIIDAE; LAGYNOCHTHONIUS; MAORICHTHONIUS; OVATUS; PARALIOCHTHONIUS; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; TYRANNOCHTHONIELLA; TYRANNOCHTHONIUS;

EID: 35949004475     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1627.1.4     Document Type: Article

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