New South African flat rock scorpions (Liochelidae: Hadogenes)

Journal: American Museum Novitates
Volume and pages: 3502: 1‑32
Year: 2006
Published: January 1, 2006
Citation: Prendini, L. 2006. New South African flat rock scorpions (Liochelidae: Hadogenes). American Museum Novitates 3502: 1‑32. https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2006)502[0001:NSAFRS]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

Two new flat rock scorpions, both endemic to South Africa, are described in the bicolor group of Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1894: H. polytrichobothrius n.sp.; H. soutpansbergensis n.sp. Both occupy discrete distributional ranges, allopatric with the other three species in the bicolor group: H. bicolor Purcell, 1899; H. longimanus Prendini, 2001; H. newlandsi Prendini, 2001. The distributions of the five species in the group are mapped, and a key provided for their identification.

Keywords and Taxa

Hadogenes
Scorpiones
Arachnida
Liochelidae
Prendini
endemism
South Africa
Allopatric speciation