A new species of Typhlochactas (Scorpiones, Typhlochactinae) from eastern Mexico

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3647

By

Francke, Oscar F.

Vignoli, Valerio
Prendini, Lorenzo

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c2009

Notes

Caption title.

"June 25, 2009."

Typhlochactas sissomi, a new species of troglomorphic scorpion in the subfamily Typhlochactinae Mitchell, 1971, is described, based on a single subadult male collected under a stone in a mesophilous forest in the mountains of the state of Queretaro, Mexico. This is the seventh species in the genus Typhlochactas Mitchell, 1971. Although all seven species are troglomorphic, four are troglobitic and two are humicolous. The new species described here is probably also humicolous. A key to the identification of Typhlochactas species is presented.

Subjects

Arachnida , Classification , Mexico , Querétaro ‪(‬State‪)‬ , Scorpions , Typhlochactas , Typhlochactas sissomi

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3647 2009

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 419331082