title: A second species of Euscorpiops Vachon from caves in Vietnam (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae). Cave Euscorpiops scorpion from Vietnam.
abstract: Euscorpiops dakrong sp. n., belonging to the family Euscorpiidae Laurie, is described on the basis of one male and one female collected in the Dakrong Nature Reserve cave system, Dakrong District, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. The new species presents most features exhibited by scorpions of the genus Euscorpiops, but it is characterized by a slender body and elongated pedipalps. This new scorpion taxon represents the second species of Scorpiopinae discovered in a cave system and may be yet another endemic element in the fauna of Vietnam. Some taxonomic propositions on the generic position of Scorpiops oligotrichus Fage, 1933 are also suggested.
authors.affiliation: UMR7205, Section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Département Systématique et Évolution, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 053, 57, rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: arachne@mnhn.fr.
authors.forename: Wilson R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18, Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Dinh-Sac
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Pham
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059552:Caves; D002965:Classification; D003116:Color; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D065928:Forests; D008297:Male; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D014744:Vietnam
keywords: Cave; Espèce nouvelle; Euscorpiidae; Euscorpiops; Grotte; New species; Scorpion; Vietnam