Multivariate analyses of morphological characters provide strong evidence that a highland Vaejovis from the Sierra de los Ajos, a Madrean ‘sky island’ in northern Sonora, Mexico, represents a distinct new species of the V. vorhiesi group. This new species is described and compared to other geographically adjacent species of the V. vorhiesi group, named V. bandido, and brief notes on ecology are provided. Results from this study provide evidence that multivariate analysis of morphological characters is a powerful tool to delimit small and otherwise cryptic scorpion species.
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1 November 2012
Multivariate methods support the distinction of a new highland Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from the Sierra de los Ajos, Mexico
Matthew R. Graham,
Richard F. Ayrey,
Robert W. Bryson Jr.
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The Journal of Arachnology
Vol. 40 • No. 3
November 2012
Vol. 40 • No. 3
November 2012
Madrean pine-oak
Scorpion
taxonomy
Vaejovis mexicanus group
Vaejovis vorhiesi group