Title
A new troglomorphic, leaf-litter scorpion from ecuador (Troglotayosicidae: Troglotayosicus)
Date Issued
03 November 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
American Museum of Natural History Library
Abstract
For several decades, TroglotayosicusLourenço, 1981, remained an enigmatic, monotypic scorpion genus believed to be troglobitic. The discovery and description in recent years of several endogean species of the genus, inhabiting the leaf litter of tropical rainforests in Colombia and Ecuador, advanced knowledge about these scorpions. The known distribution of Troglotayosicus was considerably expanded along the Andes, and it was demonstrated that, despite the absence of median ocelli, the genus is composed primarily of species that inhabit leaf litter. In the present study, Troglotayosicus ballvei, sp. nov., is described from Sacha Huagra Lodge, adjacent to Archidona Municipality, in Napo Province, Ecuador, raising the number of Troglotayosicus species to six, three each in Colombia and Ecuador. An updated map of the known distribution of the genus is presented. ©
Start page
1
End page
24
Volume
2021
Issue
3981
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
DOI
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85118918017
Source
American Museum Novitates
ISSN of the container
00030082
Sponsor(s)
R.B.-T. was supported by a Theodore Roosevelt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the AMNH Richard Gilder Graduate School (RGGS) and U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant DEB 1655050 to L.P. R.B.-T. thanks John J. Flynn (Dean of the RGGS), Rebecca Johnson (RGGS Director of Administration), James M. Carpenter (Chair, AMNH Division of Invertebrate Zoology) and David A. Grimaldi (Acting Chair), and Edward Gaughan (Invertebrate Zoology Administrative Assistant) for support and assistance during the covid-19 pandemic, when this work was completed. The authors thank the curators and managers of institutional collections who loaned material for study: Eduardo Flórez (ICN); Andrés A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, Martín J. Ramírez, and Cristian Grismado (MACN); Dimitri Forero and Giovanny Fagua (MPUJ); Álvaro Barragán and Verónica Crespo Pérez (QCAZ); Steve Thurston (AMNH) for assistance with preparing the plates for this contribution; David Grimaldi and Jessica Ware (AMNH) for identifying the epibionts in figure 6B, D; Martín J. Ramírez and Andrés A. Ojanguren-Affilastro (MACN) for access to space and equipment to R.B.-T. at the MACN; Álvaro Barragán and Emilia Moreno (QCAZ) for assistance and hospitality during the trip to Ecuador; Pío A. Colmenares, Stephanie F. Loria, and Louis N. Sorkin for logistical assistance at the AMNH; Andrés A. Ojanguren-Affilas-tro and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript. Specimens of T. ballvei were collected on scientific research authorization (N° 007-14 IC-FAU-DNB/MA) of the Ministry of Environment, Government of Ecuador.
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