The genus Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 in the Thien Duong cave, Vietnam: A possible case of subterranean speciation in scorpions (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae)

• Published in: Comptes rendus. Biologies Vol. 341; no. 4; pp. 264 - 273
• Main Authors: Lourenço, Wilson R., Pham, Dinh-Sac, Tran, Thi-Hang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Animals; Caves; Female; Grotte Thien Duong; Intra-cave speciation; Male; New species; Nouvelle espèce; Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park; Scorpion; Scorpions - classification; Thien Duong cave; Troglobie; Troglobitic element; Vietnam; Vietnam; Troglobie; Scorpion; Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park; Grotte Thien Duong; Nouvelle espèce; Thien Duong cave; New species; Intra-cave speciation; Troglobitic element

Two new species of scorpion belonging to the family Pseudochactidae and to the genus Vietbocap are described based on specimens collected in the Thien Duong cave, which belongs to the Vom cave system, in the Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. The previously described spec...