Two new cave-dwelling genera of short-tailed whip-scorpions from Brazil (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae)

Two new cave-dwelling genera of short-tailed whip-scorpions from Brazil (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae)

ABSTRACT Two new genera of short-tailed whip-scorpions are described based on material from Brazilian iron ore and canga caves in the Carajás region, Pará, Brazil. Naderiore gen. nov. with a single species N. carajas sp. nov. and also monotypic Cangazomus gen. nov. (type species C. xikrin sp. nov.)....

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Main Authors: Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Renata Andrade, Jairo A. Moreno-González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2016-01-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
Canga cave
Cangazomus
Iron ore cave
Naderiore
neotropics
taxonomy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702016000203001&lng=en&tlng=en

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