A synopsis of the scorpion fauna of French Guiana, with description of four new species

By

Ythier, Eric

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

764

Pages

27-90

Subjects

Ananteris , Auyantepuia , French Guiana , Geographical distribution , Hadrurochactas , key , new scorpion species , synopsis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.764.25108

 

Abstract

A synopsis is provided for all scorpion species collected in French Guiana, including thorough diagnoses and additional distributional records for each documented species. Four new species are also described in this paper (oneAnanterisfrom northeastern Guiana, twoAuyantepuiafrom central and northeastern Guiana and oneHadrurochactasfrom western Guiana), raising the total number of species described from French Guiana to 30. Most of the species are illustrated, geographical distribution maps are presented, and a key to the species is proposed.