A new troglobitic Pseudouroctonus Stahnke (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from northern México

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1302, 2006, Pages 21-30

  Francke, Oscar F ^a   Savary, Warren E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Caves; Scorpion; Troglobites

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOUROCTONUS; SCORPIONES; VAEJOVIDAE;

EID: 33748479928     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1302.1.2     Document Type: Article

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