title: Buthid scorpions found in caves; a new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from southern Vietnam.
abstract: A new species, Isometrus (Reddyanus) deharvengi sp. n., is described from caves of the region of Hon Chong, Kien Giang in southern Vietnam. Comments are also added about the scorpion fauna of Southeast Asia and cave dwelling buthid scorpions.
authors.affiliation: Département de systématique et évolution, section arthropodes (arachnologie), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 053, 57, rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. arachne@mnhn.fr
authors.forename: Wilson R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duhem
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D002965:Classification; D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D014744:Vietnam