A new species of the “mexicanus” group of the genus Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae)

GERARDO A. CONTRERAS-FÉLIX; OSCAR F. FRANCKE; ROBERT JR. W. BRYSON

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.8

Issue: Vol. 3936 No. 1: 18 Mar. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-03-18

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.8

Page range: 131–140

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**A new species of the “mexicanus” group of the genus Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae)**

GERARDO A. CONTRERAS-FÉLIX⁺⁻
OSCAR F. FRANCKE⁺⁻
ROBERT JR. W. BRYSON⁺⁻

Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Av. Universidad 3000, CP 04510. Coyoacan, Mexico DF Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Apartado Postal 70-153, México D.F: 04510. Mexico

Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Apartado Postal 70-153, México D.F: 04510. Mexico

Department of Biology & Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA

Arachnida Biodiversity Endemism Mexico Sky islands Vaejovis tenamaztlei

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Abstract

A new species of Vaejovis is described from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. It is assigned to the “mexicanus” group and compared with similar species from Jalisco, Guanajuato, and San Luis Potosí. A map with their known distributions is provided.