Four newly-discovered species of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions have jaws like dragons and are completely blind

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Phylogenetic analyses of Spelaeochthonius shed light on species diversity and the biogeographical complexity of this genus.

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Credit: Jeong et al., CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Four newly-discovered species of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions have jaws like dragons and are completely blind

Article URL: http://plos.io/4nokr8D

Article title: Four new species of dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae: Spelaeochthonius) from caves in South Korea revealed by integrative taxonomy

Author countries: Republic of Korea, Germany, South Africa.

Funding: This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR202502102). There was no additional external funding received for this study.

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Journal

PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0325375 

Article Title

Four new species of dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae: Spelaeochthonius) from caves in South Korea revealed by integrative taxonomy

Article Publication Date

9-Jul-2025

Habitus of Spelaeochthonius dugigulensis sp. nov. A. Holotype male, dorsal view; B. Holotype male, ventral view; C. Paratype female, dorsal view; D. Paratype female, ventral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.

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Jeong et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)