Title
Distribution patterns of scorpions of the Andean region of southern Peru
Other title
[Patrones de distribución de escorpiones de la región andina en el sur peruano]
Date Issued
01 January 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The geographical distribution of 24 scorpion species (five genera and three families) from the Andean corridor in southern Peru is provided. Some zoogeographic details of the implicated species are discussed (19 are exclusive from the area); these species are grouped into seven scorpiological areas: Desierto costero, Serranía esteparia, Puna, Queswa, Valles interandinos cálidos, and Yungas. The Lomas, Serranía esteparia and Queswa areas, are the areas with the most richness of species. The distribution patterns of species, which suggests the presence of three faunistic components in southern Peru: andean-patagonian, amazonian and caribbean, are analysed.
Start page
49
End page
68
Volume
12
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33947500352
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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