A new species in the small genus Guyanochactas Lourenço, 1998 (Chactidae) have been described from the cloud forest of Mount Itoupé in French Guiana by Eric Ythier and co-workers recently.
Gyuanochactas itoupe Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenco, 2025
The authors also confirms the validity of the genus Auyantepuia González-Sponga, 1978 in the same family.
Abstract:
A new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Guyanochactas Lourenço, 1998 (family Chactidae Pocock, 1893), is described on the basis of one specimen collected in the cloud forest of Mount Itoupé, the second highest peak of French Guiana. Guyanochactas itoupe sp. n. represents the fourth species of the genus reported from French Guiana and the total number of
Guyanochactas species is now raised to six. The new species is a possible vicariant of Guyanochactas touroulti Lourenço, 2018, equally described from a massif formation of French Guiana, the Mitaraka.
Reference:
Ythier E, Chevalier J, Lourenco WR. Cloud forest scorpions: a new species of Guyanochactas Lourenço, 1998 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from Mount Itoupé in French Guiana. Faunitaxys. 2025;13(48):1–9. [Article supplied by authors]
Thanks to Eric for informing me about the new species.
