First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 330, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 770-777

  Lourenço, Wilson R ^a  

^a USM 0602   (France)

Author keywords

Karst cave system; Khammouan plateau; Laos; New genus and species; Pangaean origin; Relict; Scorpion

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PANGAEA;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; LAOS; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PSEUDOCHACTIDAE; PSEUDOCHACTIDAE GROMOV; SCORPION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; LAOS; MALE; SCORPIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CHELICERATA; PSEUDOCHACTIDA; PSEUDOCHACTIDAE; SCORPIONES;

EID: 34648822716     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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