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Issue: Vol. 2313 No. 1: 17 Dec. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-12-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2313.1.3
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

A new Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Chiapas, México

Colección de Arácnidos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas. Libramiento Norte Poniente s/n, Colonia Lajas Maciel, C.P. 29039. Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F. 04510, México
Arachnida Scorpion nitidulus group El Ocote

Abstract

Vaejovis ocotensis sp. n. is described from “El Ocote Biosphere Reserve”, Chiapas, México. This is the third species of this genus reported for Chiapas, and the first belonging to the nitidulus group.

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