Pseudochactidae

The Pseudochactidae are a scorpion family. They are predominantly found in caves.[1]

Pseudochactidae
Vietbocap canhi.
Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Pseudochactidae
Gromov, 1998
Subfamilies
  • Pseudochactinae
  • Vietbocapinae

Genera

  • Aemngvantom 2012
  • Pseudochactas Gromov, 1998
  • Troglokhammouanus [2]

References

  1. Loria, Stephanie F; Ehrenthal, Valentin L; Nguyen, Anh D; Prendini, Lorenzo (1 November 2022). "Climate Relicts: Asian Scorpion Family Pseudochactidae Survived Miocene Aridification in Caves of the Annamite Mountains". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 6 (6): 3. doi:10.1093/isd/ixac028. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. Lourenço, Wilson R. (October 2007). "First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 330 (10): 770–777. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2007.07.006. PMID 17905397.
  • Gromov, A.V. 1998: A new family, genus and species of scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from southern Central Asia. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 77(9): 1003-1008. [not seen, in Russian with English summary, English translation in Russian journal of zoology, 2: 409–413. (1998)]
  • Lourenço, W.R.; Pham, D.-S. 2010: A remarkable new cave scorpion of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Vietnam. ZooKeys, 71: 1–13. doi:10.3897/zookeys.71.786


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