Two new species of the genus Stenohya are described from China: Stenohya curvata sp. nov. from Yunnan Province and S. xiningensis sp. nov. from Qinghai Province, China. Detailed diagnosis, descriptions and illustrations of the two new species are presented.

本文根据我国伪蝎目已有种类记述，归纳并列出10科34属73种(包括亚种)伪蝎的中文名、拉丁学名、引证及其地理分布，以供今后研究参考。

Pseudoscorpions were first reported in China when Balzan (1892) recorded Chelifer (Chelifer) pekinensis Balzan (since removed to the genus Withius Kew (Beier, 1932)) and Microcreagris gigas Balzan. Schawaller (1995) reviewed the state of knowledge of the pseudoscorpion fauna of China (excluding Taiwan) and cited 47 taxa. Song (1996) recorded five soil pseudoscorpions, with simple descriptions and illustrations, some of which have been transferred to other genera or synonymized. Since then, there have been few papers about the systematics of Chinese pseudoscorpions, except for the ten new cave-dwelling species described by Mahnert (2003) and Mahnert (2009). To date, 63 species and 7 subspecies have been reported in China (including Taiwan and Tibet) (Harvey, 2009, Mahnert, 2009). Obviously, this diversity pales in comparison to the nearly 3400 species known globally and must represent only a fraction of the true diversity considering the huge area of China. Therefore, further investigations of pseudoscorpion taxonomy from the vast and remote areas of China are badly needed.

Peter Weygoldt(1969)编写出版了伪蝎生物学,内容丰富翔实,包括外部形态、内部解剖学与生理学、运动与一般行为、生殖与发育、胚胎后发育和蜕皮、寿命与衰老、生态学以及进化与分类系统学等,并附有大量的精细插图.本书侧重的是伪蝎生物学,附带了极少的进化与分类系统,但与当前的进化研究与分类系统相比,内容已显陈旧(如当时世界伪蝎种数1500,现已知3385).本书自出版至今没有再版.我国对伪蝎目动物无论是生物学还是分类学均了解甚少.在国家自然基金委资助下,我国于今年已启动伪蝎目分类项目.为了促进我国伪蝎研究,引发对伪蝎的兴趣,我们翻译了本书.为体现近年世界对伪蝎的研究进展,我们增加了序的内容.