08 December, 2014

A new species of Chactas from Ecuador


Wilson Lourenco has recently described a new species of Chactas Gervais, 1844 (Chactidae) from the Province of Morona Santiago in Ecuadorian Amazonia.

Chactas yaupi Lourenco, 2014

Abstract:
A new species, Chactas yaupi sp. n., is described from the Province of Morona Santiago in Ecuadorian Amazonia. This is the third confirmed record of the genus Chactas Gervais from Ecuador. The geographical pattern of distribution of the genus Chactas is discussed. Comments are also addressed about the remarkable diversity and high level of endemic elements of the Ecuadorian fauna.


Reference:
Lourenco WR. The third confirmed record of the scorpion genus Chactas Gervais, 1844 (Scorpiones: Chactidae) from Ecuador, with description of a new species from the Amazonian Province of Morona Santiago. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg. 2014;17(193):171-8.

Thanks to professor Lourenco for sending me his article!

Family Chactidae

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