Abstract
Based on current knowledge, it can be stated that a total of 50 species and seven subspecies of pseudoscorpions have been recorded in Montenegro. Out of six pseudoscorpion families and eight genera known in Montenegro, the family Neobisiidae (with two genera – Neobisium Chamberlin, 1930 and Roncus L. Koch, 1873) is the most abundant (with 34 species and seven subspecies). The pseudoscorpion fauna of Montenegro is characterized by a high degree of endemism (72% of all recorded species and 100% of all recorded subspecies are endemics), as well as by the presence of numerous cave-dwelling forms (58% of species and 57.14% of subspecies). According to their current distribution, these taxa can be relegated to nine zoogeographical categories grouped into six complexes (cosmopolitans, widely distributed taxa, European taxa, Mediterranean taxa, Europeo-Mediterranean taxa and endemics). Professor Božidar P.M. Ćurčić greatly contributed to a better understanding of the biodiversity of this arachnid group in Montenegro. Alone or with collaborators, he erected 52% of all pseudoscorpion species inhabiting Montenegro.
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