A new species of Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the northern mountain range of Oaxaca, Mexico

Authors

  • Carlos Santibáñez-López
  • Javier Ponce-Saavedra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2009.002.619

Keywords:

scorpions, diversity, principal components analysis, multiple correlation analysis, one way analysis of variance

Abstract

Centruroides serrano sp. nov. from the Sierra Juárez of Oaxaca (Villa Alta District) is described. This is the eleventh species of the genus reported from Oaxaca and the first one reported from this area. It occurs from 500 m to 1 500 m. It is compared to C. baergi Hoffmann, 1932, C. nigrovariatus Pocock, 1898 and C. hoffmanni Armas, 1996 due to its overall similarity. To separate these 4 species, a principal component analysis was conducted. A list of the species of this genus from Oaxaca is provided.

 

Published

2009-08-01

Issue

Section

TAXONOMÍA Y SISTEMÁTICA