A New Genus and Species of False Scorpion from Northern Vietnam (Arachnida, Chelonethi, Neobisiidae)

Authors

  • SELVIN DASHDAMIROV Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und Parasitologie Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, GERMANY

Keywords:

Chelonethi, Neobisiidae, male genital apparatus, taxonomy, new genus, new species, Vietnam

Abstract

Echinocreagris golovatchi gen. n., sp. n. is being described from a montane subtropical forest in northern Vietnam. A characteristic feature of the new genus is sexual dimorphism, the male being armed with a large protuberance on the dorsal side of the fixed chelal finger which, in addition, carries numerous spines. In chelal structure, this genus resembles Dentocreagris Dashdamirov, 1997, another monobasic genus from Vietnam. A preliminary analysis is given of the structure of the male genital apparatus in some of the genera of the family Neobisiidae, with a discussion of its utility in the taxonomy of this group.

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Published

2012-04-01

How to Cite

[1]
DASHDAMIROV, S. 2012. A New Genus and Species of False Scorpion from Northern Vietnam (Arachnida, Chelonethi, Neobisiidae). Tropical Natural History. 12, 1 (Apr. 2012), 97–115.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2012): April

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Original Articles

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