Turbanov I.S.1, Kolesnikov V.B.2, Przhiboro A.A.3, Boukhajjou A.4, El Ouahabi M.Y.4 2024. A new species of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions of the genus Neobisium Chamberlin, 1930 (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from Morocco // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.33. No.2. P.225–232 [in English].
1 Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Province 152742 Russia.
2 Federal Public Budgetary Scientific Institution All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection, VNIISS, Voronezh Province 396030 Russia
3 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, Saint Petersburg 199034 Russia.
4 Chefchaouen Association of Speleology and Mountain Activities, Chefchaouen, Morocco.
Ilya S. Turbanov turba13@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9441-2791
Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov jukoman@yandex.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6177-7858
Andrey A. Przhiboro dipteran@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-8778
* Corresponding author
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.33.2.08
ABSTRACT. A new species of pseudoscorpions, Neobisium (Neobisium) berberorum sp.n., from Ain Danu Сave located in the Rif Mountains (Morocco) is described with a detailed diagnosis and illustrations. Diagnostic characters and ecological traits of this species are presented and discussed; the new species is compared with related species of this genus living in caves of the Atlas Mountains in North Africa. A distribution map of all known cave-dwelling species of the family Neobisiidae Chamberlin, 1930 in the Rif Mountains and the Atlas Mountains is presented.
KEY WORDS: morphology, taxonomy, arachnid, troglomorphic species, subterranean habitats, Mediterranean, karst caves.