title: A reappraisal of the geographical distribution of the genus Pseudouroplectes Lourenço (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Madagascar.
abstract: We review aspects of the distributional patterns of Malagasy scorpions belonging to the endemic genus Pseudouroplectes (family Buthidae), restricted to dry forests formations in the south and southwest. One species is described here as new to science. We propose that the observed distributional pattern of members of this genus is not only a consequence of recent ecological features of the landscape, but also of historical biogeographical factors associated with the antiquity of this scorpion lineage.
authors.affiliation: Département de systématique et évolution, USM 0602, section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 053, 61, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France. arachne@mnhn.fr
authors.forename: Wilson R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003116:Color; D004463:Ecology; D005121:Extremities / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008270:Madagascar; D008297:Male; D011153:Population; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D014197:Trees