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Rumikiru, n. gen. (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae), a new scorpion genus from the Atacama Desert
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2012-02Registro en:
Ojanguren Affilastro, Andres Alejandro; Mattoni, Camilo Ivan; Ochoa, José A.; Prendini, Lorenzo; Rumikiru, n. gen. (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae), a new scorpion genus from the Atacama Desert; American Museum Natural History; American Museum Novitates; 3731; 2-2012; 1-43
0003-0082
1937-352X
Autor
Ojanguren Affilastro, Andres Alejandro
Mattoni, Camilo Ivan
Ochoa, José A.
Prendini, Lorenzo
Resumen
Rumikiru, n. gen., a new bothriurid scorpion genus from the coastal Atacama Desert, Chile, is described. This is the first scorpion genus endemic to northern Chile. It is most closely related to Pachakutej Ochoa, 2004, from the inter-Andean valleys of Peru. Orobothriurus lourencoi Ojanguren-Affilastro, 2003, is transferred to the new genus and redescribed, creating Rumikiru lourencoi (Ojanguren-Affilastro, 2003), n. comb., and a second species of the genus, Rumikiru atacama, n. sp., is described.