Mountain scorpions: a new genus and species from Tibet (China).
A new genus and species of mountain liochelid scorpion are described on the basis of a single specimen collected in Tibet (China). This is the first liochelid scorpion found in the high Himalayan Mountains of Tibet, and the first example of the family to be collected out of its typical tropical and subtropical areas of distribution. Some considerations on mountain scorpions are proposed.
Lourenço
Wilson R
WR
Département de Systématique et Evolution, USM 0602, Section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. arachne@mnhn.fr
Qi
Jian-xin
JX
D000531:Altitude; D000818:Animals; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D012605:Scorpions / Q000145:classification*; D018609:Tibet; D014329:Tropical Climate