DESCRIPTION OF A NEW EPIGEAN NEOBISIUM (NEOBISIUM) SPECIES (PSEUDOSCORPIONES: NEOBISIIDAE)AND REDESCRIPTION OF NEOBISIUM (N.) GOLOVATCHIFROM RUSSIA

There are seven species belonging to the subgenus Neobisium (Neobisium) Chamberlin, 1930 previously reported from Russia (Harvey, 2013). Description of Neobisium(N.) artaxerxesi n. sp. occurring in soil and redescription of Neobisium(N.) golovatchiSchawaller, 1983 inhabiting in wood and leaf litter are given in the present study. Key words: Arachnida, Pseudoscorpions, taxonomy, new species, distribution, Caucasian State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Russia.

Arachnida, faunistic, morphology, morphometric characters, synonym, taxonomy