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Issue: Vol. 2493 No. 1: 3 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2493.1.4
Page range: 49–58
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the Vaejovis eusthenura group in Oaxaca, Mexico (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae)

Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Instituto de Biología, Departamento de Zoología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior sin número, Cuidad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-153, Mexico D. F., 04510. Mexico
Dept. of Life, Earth, & Environmental Sciences, West Texas A&M University, WTAMU Box 60808, Canyon, TX 79016. USA
Arachnida new species Oaxaca setal counts systematics

Abstract

Vaejovis oaxaca, a new species of the Vaejovis eusthenura group is described from the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is found in lowlands ranging from the Mitla area in central Oaxaca southeast into the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the eastern edge of Chiapas.

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