New pseudoscorpion records (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from Lorestan province, western Iran, with redescriptions of Olpium lindbergi (Olpiidae) and Geogarypus shulovi (Geogarypidae)

Abstract

Abstract. Redescriptions of the pseudoscorpion species (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) Olpium lindbergi Beier, 1959 (Olpiidae) and Geogarypus shulovi Beier, 1963 (Geogarypidae) are provided. Additionally, distribution data for ten species belonging to three families, Olpiidae, Menthidae and Geogarypidae, occurring in Lorestan province (western Iran) are provided. Olpium lindbergi is recorded for the first time in Iran.