IADIZA 20886
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LAS ZONAS ARIDAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The genus Orobothriurus Maury in central Argentina with description of a new species from El Nevado mountain chain in Mendoza Province (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)
Autor/es:
ANDRÉS ALEJANDRO OJANGUREN-AFFILASTRO; FLORENCIA FERNÁNDEZ CAMPÓN; SUSANA LAGOS SILNIK; CAMILO IVÁN MATTONI
Revista:
Zootaxa
Editorial:
Magnolia Press
Referencias:
Lugar: Auckland; Año: 2009
ISSN:
1175-5326
Resumen:
New data on the scorpion genus Orobothriurus Maury 1976 in central Argentina are provided. Orobothriurus grismadoi n. sp. is described; this species occurs in high altitudes in El Nevado mountain chain, an isolated orographic system in Southern Mendoza, Argentina, separated by almost 200 km from the Andes Mountain chain. This species is closely related to Orobothriurus alticola (Pocock, 1899). This is the southernmost record for the genus about 300 km south from previous records. Orobothriurus bivittatus (Thorell, 1877) is synonymised with O. alticola based on material recently collected in El Tontal mountain chain. We also provide new data about the distribution and intraspecific variability of O. alticola.
