A second species of Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) from Vietnam.
A second species of scorpion belonging to the family Pseudochactidae and to the genus Vietbocap is described from two specimens collected in the Thien Duong cave, which belongs to the Vom cave system, in the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. Like the previously described species of Vietbocap, the new species is also a true troglobitic element, the second known for the family Pseudochactidae. This represents the fourth known record of a pseudochactid, and the second from Vietnam.
département systématique et évolution, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France. arachne@mnhn.fr
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Pham
D000818:Animals; D059552:Caves; D003116:Color; D005121:Extremities / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D014744:Vietnam