Pseudorhacochelifer Beier 1976
Creators: name: Hernández-Corral, Jesús
name: Zaragoza, Juan A.
name: Micó, Estefanía
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Pseudoscorpiones
Cheliferidae
Pseudorhacochelifer

description: Key to adults of Pseudorhacochelifer species and the species of Rhacochelifer showing elongated keels on posterolateral corners of carapace and anterior tergites in males
1 Pedipalpal femur and patella with coarser granules besides normal granulation..................................... 2
- Pedipalpal femur and patella without coarser granules......................................................... 3
2 Larger and more slender pedipalps: femur (♂) 3.9–4.4 times longer than broad (length 0.86–0.99 mm), (♀) 3.7–4.1 times longer than broad (length 0.90–1.04 mm); chela with pedicel (♂) 3.7–4.0 times longer than broad, (♀) 3.3–3.6 times longer than broad................................... Pseudorhacochelifer canariensis Mahnert, 1997 (Canary Islands, Tenerife).
- Shorter and stouter pedipalps: femur (♂) 3.7–4.1 times longer than broad (length 0.76–0.84 mm), (♀) 3.4–3.8 times longer than broad (length 0.78–0.92 mm); chela with pedicel (♂) 3.5–3.7 times longer than broad, (♀) 3.2–3.6 times longer than broad......................................... Pseudorhacochelifer spiniger (Mahnert, 1978) (mainland Portugal).
3 Pedipalpal femur 3.9–4.1 times longer than broad............................................................ 4
- Pedipalpal femur 3.2–3.7 times longer than broad............................................................ 5
4 Smaller species, pedipalpal femur length in males 0.71 mm ....................................................................................... Pseudorhacochelifer schurmanni Beier, 1976 (Canary Islands: La Palma, Tenerife).
- Larger species, pedipalpal femur length in males 0.88 mm ......... Pseudorhacochelifer coiffaiti (Vachon, 1961) (Madeira).
5 Pedipalpal femur about 0.90 and chela about 1.50 mm long..................................................................................... Rhacochelifer peculiaris (L. Koch, 1873) (Central Europe and Mediterranean region).
- Pedipalpal femur about 0.50–0.70 mm and chela about 0.80–1.00 mm long........................................ 6
6 Smaller species, pedipalpal femur about 0.50 mm and chela about 0.80 mm long..................................................................................................... Rhacochelifer tauricus Beier, 1969 (Turkey).
- Larger species, pedipalpal femur about 0.70 mm and chela about 1.00 mm long.................................... 7
7 Medial setae present on hemitergites........................ Rhacochelifer euboicus Mahnert, 1977 (mainland Greece).
- Medial setae absent on hemitergites.................................... Rhacochelifer gaeli n. sp. (mainland Spain).
description: Published as part of Hernández-Corral, Jesús, Zaragoza, Juan A. & Micó, Estefanía, 2018, New species of Pseudoscorpiones (Arachnida) from tree hollows in a Mediterranean oak forest in Spain, pp. 201-225 in Zootaxa 4497 (2) on page 216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1452117