A new Mundochthonius from the Dominican Republic (Pseudoscorpionida: Chthoniidae)

Authors

William B. Muchmore, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Date of this Version

March 1996

Comments

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright © by W. Muchmore.

Abstract

The genus Mundochthonius Chamberlin is generally Holarctic in distribution, with only a single species describedfrom amore southern area, namely M. mexicanus Muchmore (1973) in Nuevo Leon, northernMexico (see Harvey 1991). It is, therefore, of considerable interest to report a new species on Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, within the tropics. I am indebted to Michael A. Ivie for sending me the unique type specimen