Pseudouroctonus peccatum, a new scorpion from the Spring Mountains near "Sin City," Nevada (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae)

By

Tate, Amanda
Riddle, Rebecca
Soleglad, Michael E.
Graham, Matthew R

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

364

Pages

29-45

Subjects

Barcoding , COI , hemispermatophore , Pseudouroctonus , taxonomy , Uroctonites

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.364.6288

 

Abstract

A new scorpion species is described from the Spring Mountain Range near Las Vegas, Nevada. The new species appears to be geographically isolated from other closely related species of Uroctonites Williams & Savary and Pseudouroctonus Stahnke. We tentatively place the new species in Pseudouroctonus and provide detailed descriptions and illustrations of type material. We compare the new species to 17 congeneric taxa, briefly discuss the taxonomic history of Pseudouroctonus, and provide DNA barcodes for two paratypes to assist ongoing research on the systematics of family Vaejovidae.