Pararoncus Chamberlin, 1938

Jeong, Kyung-Hoon, Harms, Danilo & Yoo, Jung-Sun, 2024, New species of the pseudoscorpion genus Pararoncus (Pseudoscorpiones, Syarinidae) from Korea, Evolutionary Systematics 8 (1), pp. 91-100 : 91

Genus Pararoncus Chamberlin, 1938

Type species.

Pararoncus histrionicus Chamberlin, 1938, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Pararoncus can be distinguished from other syarinid genera by the following characters: epistome present (Figs 2A , 4B , 6B ); movable chelal finger with an accessory tooth (or tooth-like sensorium Fig. 2E ); trichobothrium ib on the paraxial side of chela and closer to esb; ist median and between est and isb (Figs 2D , 4C , 6E ); and coxa I with an apical process (Figs 2B, C , 4A , 6A ) ( Chamberlin 1938; Ćurčić 1979).

Figures

Figure 2. Genus characters of Pararoncus. A. Epistome; B. Coxa; C. Coxa I with epical process; D. Left chela, lateral view; E. Movable chelal finger with accessory tooth (accessory tooth in the box); F. Claws and arolium; G. Anterior pleural membrane; H. Posterior pleural membrane.

Figure 4. Drawings of Pararoncus leonardi sp. nov.: A. Coxa; B. Carapace from dorsal; C. Right chela from lateral; D. Leg I; E. Leg IV; F. External genitalia of female holotype; G. Chelicera from dorsal; H. Sternite of male paratype; I. Genitalia of male paratype; J. Anterior pleural membrane. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-E); 0.3 mm (F-H); 0.1 mm (I) 200 μm (J).

Figure 6. Drawings of Pararoncus taeyoungi sp. nov.: A. Coxa; B. Carapace from dorsal; C. Left chela from lateral; D. Leg IV; E. Leg I; F. Chelicera from doral; G. External genitalia of female holotype; H. Sternite of male paratype; I. Internal geenitalia of male paratype; J. Pleural membrane. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-E); 0.3 mm (F-H); 0.1 mm (I); 200 μm (J).