Scorpion diversity and endemism in the Rio Negro region of Brazilian Amazonia, with the description of two new species of Tityus C.L. KOCH (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Amazoniana

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 203-213

  Lourenço, Wilson R ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biodiversity; Brazil; Endemism; New species; Rio Negro region; Scorpion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMISM; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BUTHIDA; BUTHIDAE; SCORPIONES; TITYUS;

EID: 33645808920     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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