Vietbocap canhi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Pseudochactidae
Subfamilia: Vietbocapinae
Genus: Vietbocap
Species: Vietbocap canhi

Name

Vietbocap canhi Lourenço & Pham, 2010

Type locality: Vietnam, Quang Binh Province, north-central Vietnam, Bố Trạch - Minh Hóa District, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Tien Son Cave (17°32'N; 106°16'E), mid section of cave (200 m from cave entrance).

Holotype: MNHN. female ♀. 16.V.2010. legit D.-S. Pham.

Synonymy

Vietbocap aurantiacus Lourenço et al., 2018: 268
- Type locality: Vietnam, Quang Binh Province, Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park, Thien Duong cave (17º31' 10.3" N– 106º13'22.9"E), mid-section of cave (3000m from cave entrance)
  - Holotype: MNHN. female ♀. 23.V.2013. legit D.-S. Pham.
Vietbocap quinquemilia Lourenço et al., 2018: 269
- Type locality: Vietnam, Quang Binh Province, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Thien Duong cave (17º31' 10.3" N– 106º13' 22.9" E), mid-section of cave (5000 m from cave entrance).
  - Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 06.IV.2015. legit D.-S. Pham

References

Primary references

Lourenço, W.R. & Pham, D.S. 2010. A remarkable new cave scorpion of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Vietnam. ZooKeys. 90(2): 133–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.71.786 Reference page.

Additional references

Lourenco, W.R., Pham, D.S., Thi-Hang Tran & Thi-Hang Tran 2018. The genus Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 in the Thien Duong cave, Vietnam: A possible case of subterranean speciation in scorpions (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 341: 264-273. Reference page.