NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 8 (1): 1-21 ©NwjZ, Oradea, Romania, 2012 Article No.: 111136 http://biozoojournals.3x.ro/nwjz/index.html Pseudoscorpions of the Czech Republic and Slovakia: An annotated and revised checklist (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) Jana CHRISTOPHORYOVÁ1*, František ŠŤÁHLAVSKÝ2, Miroslav KRUMPÁL1 and Peter FEDOR3 1. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B–1, SK–842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia. 2. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ–128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic. 3. Department of Ecosozology (Conservation Biology), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B–1, SK–842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia. * Corresponding author: J. Christophoryová, E-mail:
[email protected] Received: 03. April 2011 / Accepted: 27. August 2011 / Available online: 18. September 2011 / Printed: June 2012 Abstract. An annotated and revised checklist is presented comprising 58 species (8 families) of the arachnid order Pseudoscorpiones from the Czech Republic (38 species) and Slovakia (51 species), formerly Czechoslovakia. According to the latest detailed analyses and revisions Chthonius carinthiacus Beier, 1951, Neobisium validum (L. Koch, 1873), Roncus alpinus L. Koch, 1873 and Pselaphochernes dubius (O. P.-Cambridge, 1892) are excluded from the checklist from Slovakia. Formerly recorded Chthonius diophthalmus Daday, 1888, C. submontanus Beier, 1963, C. kewi Gabbutt, 1966, Neobisium spelaeum (Schiödte, 1847), N. jugorum (L. Koch, 1873), Roncus alpinus and R. transsilvanicus Beier, 1928 have not been included in the list from the Czech Republic. Some generally rare species are discussed. Keywords: Pseudoscorpiones, checklist, Central Europe, Czechoslovakia, species diversity. Introduction onymized with Lamprochernes nodosus, see Beier 1932b), “endemic” species in the Czech Republic.