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Project 714: A. A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, C. I. Mattoni, J. A. Ochoa, L. Prendini. 2012. Rumikiru, n. gen. (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae), a New Scorpion Genus from the Atacama Desert. American Museum Novitates. (3731):1-43.
Specimen: Rumikiru lourencoi (AMNH)

Abstract

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.


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Project DOI: 10.7934/P714, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P714
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  • 4 Documents
  • 2 Taxa
  • 2 Specimens
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  • Creation Date:
    17 April 2012
  • Publication Date:
    01 May 2012

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    Authors' Institutions

    • Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (UNC)

    • Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia

    • American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)

    • Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP, University of Sao Paulo)

    • Paraninfo Universitario



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    MorphoBank Curator
    Project Administrator    		222
    Maureen Admin
    Full membership     		000
    Andrés Ojanguren-Affilastro
    Full membership     		000


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