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Stano Pekár Abstract: A schizomid, Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 (family Hubbardiidae), was collected in a green-house in Brno. This is the first discovery of a schizomid from the Czech Republic. Key words: Faunistics, greenhouse, introduced species The named world schizomid fauna comprises 38 genera and 218 species, but numerous species from many parts of the world have yet to be described (HARVEY 2003). In nature schizomids are exclusively known from tropical and subtropical regions, but three species have been recorded from greenhouses in Euro-pe: Schizomus crassicaudatus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) from Sri Lanka was imported to France and Zomus bagnallii ( Jackson, 1908) from South-east Asia was introduced to Great Britain (BLICK 2006). Recently, we collected Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin