On the biodiversity of pseudoscorpions in Croatia: Neobisium curcici (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae), a new cave-dwelling species from Dalmatia (Croatia)

Abstract

The thorough analysis of a pseudoscorpion sample collected in the Jama pod Gažnovcem Pit, Stilja, near Vrgorac, Dalmatia (Croatia) resulted in establishing a new pseudoscorpion taxon - Neobisium curcici n. sp. The main diagnostic features of the type specimens studied are illustrated, carefully analysed and compared to the closest congeners. The taxonomic interrelationships and the geographic distribution of the new pseudoscorpion species are briefly discussed.