A new species of Auyantepuia Gonzalez-Sponga, 1978 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from French Guiana.

ABSTRACT: A new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Auyantepuia González-Sponga, 1978 (family Chactidae Pocock, 1893) is described on the basis of three specimens collected in a rainforest formation located in Saut Sabbat, South of Mana, French Guiana. This is the tenth species of the Guiano-Amazonian genus Auyantepuia, and the fifth reported from French Guiana.

SUBMITTER: Ythier E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4714057 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature