Troglobitic scorpions: a new genus and species from Brazil.

C R Biol

Département de systématique et evolution, USM 0602, section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 75005 Paris, France.

Published: December 2004

A new genus and species of troglobitic buthid scorpion are described on the basis of a single specimen collected in Brazil. This is the first cavernicolous scorpion ever found in Brazil, and only the second to be found in South America. Some considerations on troglobitic scorpions are proposed.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2004.09.001DOI Listing

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