26 February, 2009

New Ananteris species from Venezuela

Rojas-Runjaic, Portillo-Quintero & Borges (2008) have described a new species in the genus Ananteris (Buthidae) from Venezuela:

Ananteris riomachensis Rojas-Runjaic, Portillo-Quintero & Borges, 2008 (Buthidae)

The paper also present an updated checklist to all Ananteris species.

Reference:
Rojas-Runjaic FJM, Portillo-Quintero C, Borges A. Un nuevo escorpion del genero Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) para la sierra de Perija, Venezuela. Memoria de la Fundacion la Salle de Ciencias Naturales. 2008;169:65-81.

Family Buthidae

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