A new Vaejovis C.L. Koch from the Sierra Madre Occidental of Durango, Mexico (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae)

  • A new montane species of Vaejovis C.L. Koch (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) is described from the Sierra Madre Occidental of Durango, Mexico. Vaejovis baggins Azzinnari, Bryson, Graham, Solís-Rojas, and Sissom, new species,is similar to mexicanus group species in the mountain range, including V. montanus Graham and Bryson, V. sierrae Sissom, Graham, Donaldson, and Bryson, and V. mcwesti Sissom, Graham, Donaldson, and Bryson, but differs from these species based on aspects of body size, pedipalp carination, chelae granulation, morphometrics, and setal patterns on the metasoma. A molecular clock estimate indicates that the new species shared a common ancestor with V. mcwesti during the late Miocene or Pliocene.

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Author:Jessica S. Azzinnari, Robert W. Bryson, Matthew R. Graham, Solís-Rojas Carlos, W. David Sissom
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-643405
URL:https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/128163
ISSN:1942-1354
ISSN:0749-6737
Parent Title (English):Insecta mundi
Series (Serial Number):Insecta Mundi (852)
Publisher:Flora & Fauna Publ.
Place of publication:Gainesville, Fla.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/03/05
Date of first Publication:2021/02/26
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/11/23
Tag:Scorpion; Vaejovis mcwesti; Vaejovis mexicanus group; Vaejovis montanus; Vaejovis sierrae; systematics
Volume:2021
Issue:article 852
Page Number:14
First Page:1
Last Page:12
HeBIS-PPN:489981526
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0

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