Schimonsky Diego Monteiro VON
Laboratório de Acarologia; Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica; Instituto de Biociências; Letras e Ciências Exatas - IBILCE; Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"; campus São José do Rio Preto; rua Cristóvão Colombo; 2265; CEP 15054- 000; São José do Rio Preto; São Paulo; Brazil; Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Subterrâneos - IBES.
Zootaxa. 2024 Apr 4;5433(1):107-120. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.4.
Two new pseudoscorpion species of the genus Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 are described from caves in the Lagoa Santa karst area in Southeast Brazil. Pseudochthonius limettioides sp. nov. was collected in ten caves and is a troglobite that lacks eyes and body pigmentation. Pseudochthonius lundi sp. nov. was collected in three caves and is considered a troglophile with only one pair of eyes. Both species might be threatened by mining projects and more studies are needed to better understand many aspects of their biology.