A new troglobitic scorpion of the genus Typhlochactas (Superstitionidae) from Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-290

  Sissom, W David ^a   Cokendolpher, James C ^b  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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