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A second species of Euscorpiops Vachon from caves in Vietnam (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae)

Authors :
Wilson R. Lourenço
Dinh-Sac Pham
Source :
Comptes Rendus Biologies. 337:535-544
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2014.

Abstract

Euscorpiops dakrong sp. n., belonging to the family Euscorpiidae Laurie, is described on the basis of one male and one female collected in the Dakrong Nature Reserve cave system, Dakrong District, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. The new species presents most features exhibited by scorpions of the genus Euscorpiops, but it is characterized by a slender body and elongated pedipalps. This new scorpion taxon represents the second species of Scorpiopinae discovered in a cave system and may be yet another endemic element in the fauna of Vietnam. Some taxonomic propositions on the generic position of Scorpiops oligotrichus Fage, 1933 are also suggested.

Details

ISSN :
16310691
Volume :
337
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Comptes Rendus Biologies
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........bea9813f53a9437713096129099f1b14
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2014.07.006