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ROWLANDIUS DUMITRESCOAE SPECIES GROUP: NEW DIAGNOSIS, KEY AND DESCRIPTION OF NEW CAVE-DWELLING SPECIES FROM BRAZIL (SCHIZOMIDA, HUBBARDIIDAE)
Neotrópicos
Escorpião de chicote de cauda curta
Taxonomia
Schizomida
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Referência Nacional em Vetores das Riquetsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
University of Copenhagen. Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum). Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Invertebrados. Pós-Graduação em Zoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Copenhagen. Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum). Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Invertebrados. Pós-Graduação em Zoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
The Rowlandius dumitrescoae species group is reviewed and rediagnosed, and its composition is revised. The group now includes Rowlandius cousinensis, Rowlandius decui, Rowlandius dumitrescoae, Rowlandius insignis, Rowlandius linsduarte, Rowlandius monensis, Rowlandius peckorum, Rowlandius potiguar, Rowlandius sul, Rowlandius ubajara, and Rowlandius pedrosoisp. n. A new species is described from a cave in northeast Brazil (Santa Quitéria, Ceará). Identification keys and distributional maps are provided for the species of the group. Sixteen species of Schizomida, including five of Rowlandius, are currently recognized from Brazil.
Keywords in Portuguese
DiversidadeNeotrópicos
Escorpião de chicote de cauda curta
Taxonomia
Schizomida
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