Vietbocap thienduongensis

Vietbocap thienduongensis (Vietnamese: Bọ cạp Thiên Đường, literally "Paradise scorpion") is a species of scorpion in the family Pseudochactidae. This species was found by Phạm Đình Sắc (Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), an organ under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)) and Wilson Lourenço (Paris Museum of Natural History – National Museum of Natural History) inside Thiên Đường Cave, a cave located in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Quảng Bình Province and they announced their discovery in Comptes Rendus Biologies.[1]

Vietbocap thienduongensis
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Pseudochactidae
Genus: Vietbocap
Species:
V. thienduongensis
Binomial name
Vietbocap thienduongensis
(Lourenço & Pham, 2012)

References

  1. Wilson R. Lourenço & Đình Sắc Pham (2012). "A second species of Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) from Vietnam". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 335 (1): 80–85. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2011.11.004. PMID 22226167.


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