AMCS Bulletin 5

Studies on the Cavernicole Fauna of Mexico and Adjacent Regions

Edited by Robert W. Mitchell and James R. Reddell
201 pages
1973
(PDF reprint 2005)

This collection of papers adds more than one hundred species to the known cave fauna of Mexico, including 61 newly described species, of which 30 are troglobites. There is also some material on Texas, Belize, and Guatemala.

Table of Contents

Preface

1
Two New Species of the Subterranean Amphipod Genus Mexiweckelia (Gammaridae) from México and Texas, with Notes on the Origin and Distribution of the Genus, by J. R. Holsinger

13
Two New American Species of Spelaeomysis (Crustacae: Mysidacea) from a Mexican Cave and Land Crab Burrows, by T. E. Bowman

21
On More Earthworms from Mexican Caves, by G. E. Gates

25
Three New Troglobitic Decapod Crustaceans from Oaxaca, México, by H. H. Hobbs, Jr.

39
The Genus Sphaeromicola (Ostracoda, Entocytheridae) in México, by H. H. Hobbs, Jr., and H. H. Hobbs III

43
Jarmilka alba, n.gen., n.sp. (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Cambalidae), a New Milliped from a Cave in Belize, by W. A. Shear

47
New and Little Known Pseudoscorpions, Mainly from Caves in México, (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida), by W. B. Muchmore

63
The Pseudoscorpion Genus Mexobisium in Middle America (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida), by W. B. Muchmore

73
Two New Troglobitic Shrimps (Decapoda: Alpheidae and Palaemonidae) from Oaxaca, México, by H. H. Hobbs, Jr.

81
A Second Troglobitic Tyrannochthonius from México (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae), by W. B. Muchmore

83
Opilionids (Phalangida) from Mexican Caves, by C. J. Goodnight and M. L. Goodnight

97
A Review of the Cavernicolous Catopinae (Coleoptera; Leiodidae) of México, Belize, and Guatemala, by S. B. Peck

107
Millipedes in the Collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies. II. Keys and Additional Records and Descriptions (Diplopoda), by N. B. Causey

123
Two New Troglobitic Amblypygida of the Genus Tarantula from Mexican Caves (Arachnida), by J. M. Rowland

129
The Genus Pseudosinella in Mesoamerican Caves, by K. Christiansen

135
Three New Schizomida of the Genus Schizomus from Mexican Caves (Arachnida), by J. M. Rowland

141
A Report on Cave Spiders from México and Central America, by W. J. Gertsch

165
A New Cave-Adapted Planarian (Tricladida, Paludicola, Planariidae) from Chiapas, México, by R. W. Mitchell and K Kawakatsu

171
A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of México. IV. Additional Records from the Sierra de El Abra, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí, by J. R. Reddell and W. R. Elliott

181
A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of México. V. Additional Records from the Sierra de Guatemala, Tamaulipas, by J. R. Reddell and W. R. Elliott

191
A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of México. VI. Valle de los Fantasmas Region, San Luis Potosí, by W. R. Elliott and J. R. Reddell

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	Preface
1	Two New Species of the Subterranean Amphipod Genus Mexiweckelia (Gammaridae) from México and Texas, with Notes on the Origin and Distribution of the Genus, by J. R. Holsinger
13	Two New American Species of Spelaeomysis (Crustacae: Mysidacea) from a Mexican Cave and Land Crab Burrows, by T. E. Bowman
21	On More Earthworms from Mexican Caves, by G. E. Gates
25	Three New Troglobitic Decapod Crustaceans from Oaxaca, México, by H. H. Hobbs, Jr.
39	The Genus Sphaeromicola (Ostracoda, Entocytheridae) in México, by H. H. Hobbs, Jr., and H. H. Hobbs III
43	Jarmilka alba, n.gen., n.sp. (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Cambalidae), a New Milliped from a Cave in Belize, by W. A. Shear
47	New and Little Known Pseudoscorpions, Mainly from Caves in México, (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida), by W. B. Muchmore
63	The Pseudoscorpion Genus Mexobisium in Middle America (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida), by W. B. Muchmore
73	Two New Troglobitic Shrimps (Decapoda: Alpheidae and Palaemonidae) from Oaxaca, México, by H. H. Hobbs, Jr.
81	A Second Troglobitic Tyrannochthonius from México (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae), by W. B. Muchmore
83	Opilionids (Phalangida) from Mexican Caves, by C. J. Goodnight and M. L. Goodnight
97	A Review of the Cavernicolous Catopinae (Coleoptera; Leiodidae) of México, Belize, and Guatemala, by S. B. Peck
107	Millipedes in the Collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies. II. Keys and Additional Records and Descriptions (Diplopoda), by N. B. Causey
123	Two New Troglobitic Amblypygida of the Genus Tarantula from Mexican Caves (Arachnida), by J. M. Rowland
129	The Genus Pseudosinella in Mesoamerican Caves, by K. Christiansen
135	Three New Schizomida of the Genus Schizomus from Mexican Caves (Arachnida), by J. M. Rowland
141	A Report on Cave Spiders from México and Central America, by W. J. Gertsch
165	A New Cave-Adapted Planarian (Tricladida, Paludicola, Planariidae) from Chiapas, México, by R. W. Mitchell and K Kawakatsu
171	A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of México. IV. Additional Records from the Sierra de El Abra, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí, by J. R. Reddell and W. R. Elliott
181	A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of México. V. Additional Records from the Sierra de Guatemala, Tamaulipas, by J. R. Reddell and W. R. Elliott
191	A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of México. VI. Valle de los Fantasmas Region, San Luis Potosí, by W. R. Elliott and J. R. Reddell