Troglobitic scorpions: a new genus and species from Brazil.
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.
Lourenço
Wilson R
WR
Département de systématique et evolution, USM 0602, section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 75005 Paris, France. arachne@mnhn.fr
Baptista
Renner Luiz Cerqueira
RL
de Leão Giupponi
Alessandro Ponce
AP
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*