Vaejovis islaserrano

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Vaejovidae
Subfamilia: Vaejovinae
Genus: Vaejovis
Species: Vaejovis islaserrano

Name

Vaejovis islaserrano Barrales-Alcalá et al., 2018

ZooBank: 998D60A1-C6C2-4D2F-81BF-361B33CD3221

Holotype: CNAN-T01207, 1 ♂.

Type locality: MEXICO: Sonora, Municipio Cananea, vicinity of Observatorio Astrofísico Guillermo Haro, Sierra La Mariquita (31.05444°N, 110.38244°W, 2422 m elev) 03-VIII-2013. Cols: T. R. Van Devender, J. D. Palting, and G. Molina.

Paratypes:

CNAN-T-01208, 4 males and 5 females, same data as the holotype.

AMNH, 2 males and 2 females, MEXICO: Sonora, Cananea, Sierra La Elenita. Near “El 15” (31.00252°N, 110.38944°W, 1911 m) 30-IV-2016. Cols: D. Barrales, J. Cirett, I. Ochoa. Pine-Oak forest.

Etymology: from the Spanish “isla” (island) and “sierra” (adjective “serrano”, mountain range), refering to the distribution of the species in the highlands of the Sonoran desert.

References

Barrales-Alcalá, D.A., Francke, O.F., Van Devender, T.R. & Contreras-Félix, G.A. 2018. A new Sky Island species of Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836 from Sonora, Mexico (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae). ZooKeys 760: 37–53. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.760.22714. Reference page.

Links

BHL bibliography
Vaejovis islaserrano – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Vaejovis islaserrano.
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