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- Title
SCORPIONS (ARACHNIDA) OF THE HIGH PLAINS AND ADJACENT CANYONLANDS OF NORTHWESTERN TEXAS.
- Authors
McWest, Kari J.; Valois, Zachary J.; Sissom, W. David
- Abstract
The scorpion fauna of the Central and Southern High Plains and associated breaks and canyonlands of northwestern Texas includes six species: Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821), Chihuahuanus coahuilae (Williams, 1968), Ch. russelli (Williams, 1971), Maaykuyak waueri (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972), Paruroctonus pecos Sissom & Francke, 1981, and Paruroctonus utahensis (Williams, 1968), Paruroctonus pecos Sissom & Francke, 1981 is recorded in northwestern Texas for the first time. Numerous new records and a key for identification are provided for all six nominal species recorded within the study area. Ecological and natural history notes are also presented, and species records are projected with GIS mapping.
- Subjects
TEXAS; SCORPIONS; STRIPED scorpion; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; SPECIES
- Publication
Texas Journal of Science, 2015, Vol 67, Issue 1-4, p3
- ISSN
0040-4403
- Publication type
Article