title: Humiculous scorpions: on the genera Ananteris Thorell, 1891 and Microananteris Lourenço, 2004 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with the description of a new species from French Guiana.
abstract: A new species of humicolous buthid scorpion is described on the basis of a single male specimen collected in a rainforest in French Guiana. The collection was performed by extraction with the use of Winkler methods. New considerations about the ecology and biogeography of micro-scorpions of the 'Ananteris group' (sensu subfamily Ananterinae Pocock, 1900), are proposed in relation to their possible evolution from endogeous to epygean environments.
authors.affiliation: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, département systématique et évolution, UMR7205, CP 053, 57, rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. arachne@mnhn.fr
authors.forename: Wilson R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lourenço
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004777:Environment; D005616:French Guiana; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*