Four new species in family Chactidae from Brazilian Amazonia

Wilson Lourenco and co-workers have published four new species in the family Chactidae from the upper Rio Negro in Brazilian Amazonia.

Broteochactas niemeyerae Lourenco, Ponce de Leao Giupponi & Pedroso, 2011
Brotheas caramaschii Lourenco, Ponce de Leao Giupponi & Pedroso, 2011
Chactopsis yanomami Lourenco, Ponce de Leao Giupponi & Pedroso, 2011
Teuthraustes newaribe Lourenco, Ponce de Leao Giupponi & Pedroso, 2011

The genus Chactopsis Kraepelin, 1912 was transfered from Chactidae to Euscorpiidae by Soleglad & Sissom, 2001, but based on the decisions in Lourenco, 2003 and Lourenco, Ponce de Leao Giupponi & Pedroso, 2011 I have moved this genus back to Chactidae in The Scorpion Files. This until a new family revision is published.

Abstract:
Four new species of chactid scorpions belonging to the genera Broteochactas Pocock, 1893, Brotheas C. L. Koch, 1837, Teuthraustes Simon, 1878 and Chactopsis Kraepelin, 1912 are described from a single location in the upper Rio Negro region, Brazilian Amazonia. These descriptions provide further confirmation of the high biodiversity and the important level of endemicity found in the upper Rio Negro and in the Imeri endemic centre.

References:
Lourenco WR, Ponce de Leao Giupponi A, Pedroso DR. New species of Chactidae (Scorpiones) from the upper Rio Negro in Brazilian Amazonia. Boletin de la SEA. 2011(49):65-73.

Lourenco WR. Le genre Chactopsis Kraepelin ((Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae(ou Chactidae)) en amazonie Bresilienne. Biogeographica. 2003;79(4):167-74.

Soleglad ME, Sissom WD. Phylogeny of the family Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896: a major revision. In: Fet V, Selden PA, editors. Scorpions 2001 In Memoriam gary A Polis. Burnham Beeches, Bucks: British Arachnological Society; 2001. p. 25-111.

Thanks to Professor Lourenco for sending me this paper!

Family Chactidae