Second record of the genus Troglokhammouanus Lourenço 2007 from Laos, with the description of a new species (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae)

Wilson R. Lourenço

doi:10.2476/asjaa.66.19

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Second record of the genus Troglokhammouanus Lourenço 2007 from Laos, with the description of a new species (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae)

Wilson R. Lourenço

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Keywords: scorpion, Laos, Khammouan plateau, karst cave system, Troglokhammouanus, new species

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2017 Volume 66 Issue 1 Pages 19-24

DOI https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.66.19

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Abstract

A new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Troglokhammouanus Lourenço 2007 (family Pseudochactidae) is described on the basis of a female collected in Tham Nam Lot cave, Khammouane Province, Laos. This represents the second known record of a scorpion of the genus Troglokhammouanus, which is only known from Laos.

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