2025/05/26 by Jiaqi Zhao, Xiangbo Guo, Zhizhong Gao +1 · 1 voice
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Marine Ecology and Invasive Species #Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
paper · pdf · doi:10.5852/ejt.2025.993.2909
openalex publication_date 2025/05/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Stenohya Beier, 1967 is an Asian pseudoscorpion genus, with more than half of the species reported from China. In this study, eight new Stenohya species from China are described: S. biverticis Zhao, Guo & Zhang sp. nov., S. cordata Zhao, Guo & Zhang sp. nov., S. margarita Zhao, Guo & Zhang sp. nov., S. polygonia Zhao, Guo & Zhang sp. nov. and S. ungulata Zhao, Guo & Zhang sp. nov. from Guangxi, S. jiaxiani Zhao, Guo & Zhang sp. nov. from Fujian, S. harveyi Zhao, Guo & Zhang sp. nov. from Yunnan, and S. qianlei Zhao, Guo & Zhang sp. nov. from Chongqing. The females of S. jiahensis Li & Shi, 2023 and S. dongtianensis Li & Shi, 2023 are described for the first time, and S. bomica Zhao & Zhang, 2011 and S. hainanensis Guo & Zhang 2016 are redescribed based on the reexamination of the type specimens. A key and a distribution map to the Chinese species are provided.