Open AccessPseudouroctonus peccatum, a new scorpion from the Spring Mountains near "Sin City," Nevada (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae)
Author(s) -
Matthew R. Graham,
A. Tate,
R. Riddle,
Michael Soleglad
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
zookeys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1313-2989
pISSN - 1313-2970
DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.364.6288
Subject(s) - scorpion , systematics , las vegas , taxon , spring (device) , buthidae , geography , range (aeronautics) , taxonomy (biology) , ecology , zoology , biology , archaeology , venom , physics , engineering , thermodynamics , aerospace engineering , metropolitan area
A new scorpion species is described from the Spring Mountain Range near Las Vegas, Nevada. The new species appears to be geographically isolated from other closely related species of Uroctonites Williams & Savaryand Pseudouroctonus Stahnke. We tentatively place the new species in Pseudouroctonus and provide detailed descriptions and illustrations of type material. We compare the new species to 17 congeneric taxa, briefly discuss the taxonomic history of Pseudouroctonus, and provide DNA barcodes for two paratypes to assist ongoing research on the systematics of family Vaejovidae.
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