Richardo Botero-Trujillo has recently published a new species of Chactopsis from Selva de Mataven in Eastern Colombia:
Chactopsis carolinae Botero-Trujillo, 2008 (Euscorpiidae)*
This is the first reccord of Chactopsis in Colombia.
* The author follows Prendini & Wheeler's (2005) family classification, which place the genus Chactopsis in Chactidae.
Reference:
Botero-Trujillo R. First reccord of the scorpion genus Chactopsis Kraepelin in Colombia, with the description of Chactopsis carolinae sp. nov. (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Zootaxa. 2008(1743):34-42
Family Euscorpiidae
09 April, 2008
New Chactopsis species from Colombia
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