A new species of Ditha (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae, Tridenchthoniinae) from the Western Ghats of India, with an identification key for the genus

Kyung-Hoon Jeong; Danilo Harms; Jithin Johnson

doi:10.3897/zse.100.110020

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A new species of Ditha (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae, Tridenchthoniinae) from the Western Ghats of India, with an identification key for the genus

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A new species of Ditha (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae, Tridenchthoniinae) from the Western Ghats of India, with an identification key for the genus

Kyung-Hoon Jeong, Danilo Harms and Jithin Johnson

ZOOSYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, Vol.100(1), 110020

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.110020

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A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Ditha Chamberlin, 1929, is described from Kerala State, India. A detailed morphological description, diagnostic features, and illustrations of Ditha (Paraditha) shivanparaensis Jeong, Harms & Johnson, sp. nov. are provided. The current distribution of all the known Ditha species is mapped, and an identification key for the genus is provided.

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Title: A new species of Ditha (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae, Tridenchthoniinae) from the Western Ghats of India, with an identification key for the genus
Authors/Creators: Kyung-Hoon Jeong - Seoul Natl Univ, 1 Gwanak Ro, Seoul 08826, South Korea
Danilo Harms - Museum für Naturkunde
Jithin Johnson - Leibniz Inst Anal Biodivers Change, Museum Nat Hamburg Zool, Martin-Luther-King-Pl 3, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
Publication Details: ZOOSYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, Vol.100(1), 110020
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Number of pages: 8
Grant note: 57440919; 2019/20 / Deutscher Akade-mischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Germany; Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
Identifiers: 991005643068907891
Murdoch Affiliation: Harry Butler Institute; Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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