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Issue: Vol. 4299 No. 2: 27 Jul. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.3
Page range: 221–237
Abstract views: 70
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A new species of Megacormus (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from an oak-pine forest in Guanajuato, México with an identification key to the species in the genus

Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. Universidad 2001, Colonia Chamilpa C.P. 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Laboratorio de Aracnología, Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Av. Universidad 3000, Circuito Exterior S/N, Delegación Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, México.
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Irapuato, Carretera Irapuato-Silao km 12.5, Colonia El Copal C.P 36821, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México.
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Irapuato, Carretera Irapuato-Silao km 12.5, Colonia El Copal C.P 36821, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México.
Scorpiones Scorpion Xichú distributional map literature Charco Azul

Abstract

The fifth species of the genus, Megacormus xichu sp. nov., is described and compared to the other species. An identification key to these species as well as a distributional map with localities taken from the literature are provided.

 

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