A new species of Epichernes from Costa Rica (Pseudoscorpionida, Chernetidae)

Authors

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

Date of this Version

September 1992

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 6, No. 3-4, September-December, 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Muchmore.

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

Abstract

Epichernes guanacatensis, a new pseudoscorpion phoretic on the spiny pocket mouse, Liomys salvini (Heteromyidae), in Costa Rica, is described and compared with the other two species in the genus. A key is provided to separate the three.