Genus: Olpium L. Koch, 1873 | Family: Olpiidae Banks, 1895 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Olpium tenebris Latifi, Mirshamsi, Aliabadian, Harms & Novák, 2026

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Olpium

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:31daaa5d-42da-4534-b7e1-c9de259fa91f

Taxonomic references

Olpium tenebris Latifi, Mirshamsi, Aliabadian, Harms & Novák:

Latifi, Mirshamsi, Aliabadian, Harms and Novák, 2026: 86‒89, figs 8A–B, 9A–H original description

Distribution
Distribution table
Iran
Type locality: Lavasanat District, Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 35.820469 51.626536
Type repository
  • Holotype Zoological Museum of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (ZMFUM), Iran male (ZMFUM-PSC 1209)
  • Paratype Zoological Museum of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (ZMFUM), Iran 1 male (ZMFUM-PSC 1210)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F1DB3083-F4AF-434C-ADDE-DC6C90B82F5B

References

Latifi, Z., Mirshamsi, O., Aliabadian, M., Harms, D. & Novák, J. (2026). Two new species of Olpium L. Koch, 1873 from Iran, with an identification key to all species of the genus (Pseudoscorpiones: Olpiidae). Zootaxa 5760: 75–93. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.1.3 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-03-15 Species updated Old value
2026-03-15 New taxonomic reference entry Latifi, Mirshamsi, Aliabadian, Harms and Novák, 2026
2026-03-15 New species inserted