Humicolous microcharmid scorpions: a new genus and species from Madagascar.
A new genus and species of humicolous microcharmid scorpion are described on the basis of a single specimen collected in the Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar. New considerations regarding the taxonomy and morphology of micro-buthoid Malagasy scorpions are proposed, based mainly on the study of the peg-shaped sensillae of the pectines by scanning electron microscopy.
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Wilson R
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Département de systématique et evolution, section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 61, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France. arachne@mnhn.fr
D000818:Animals; D008270:Madagascar; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure