Surazomus chavin Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996

Peruvian short-tailed whip scorpion

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: May 1985

Rediscovered in September or October 2013.

Distribution

Panguana, Dept. Huanuco, Peru

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

For photographs of preserved specimens see (Friedrich, 2014).

References

Original scientific description:

Pinto-da-Rocha, R. (1996). Surazomus chavin new species, first Schizomida (Hubbardiidae, Hubardiinae) described from Peru. The Journal of Arachnology 24: 265-267.

Other references:

Friedrich, Stefan. (2014). The Peruvian short-tailed whip scorpion Surazomus chavin – rediscovery after three decades and first photographic documentationSurazomus chavin The Peruvian short-tailed whip scorpion Surazomus chavin – rediscovery after three decades and first photographic documentationSurazomus chavin The Peruvian short-tailed whip scorpion Surazomus chavin – rediscovery after three decades and first photographic documentationSurazomus chavin The Peruvian short-tailed whip scorpion Surazomus chavin – rediscovery after three decades and first photographic documentation. Spixiana 37(1): 131-134.

Lehmann, Tobias and Friedrich, Stefan. (2018). DNA barcoding the smaller arachnid orders from ACP Panguana, Amazonian Peru. Spixiana 41(2): 169-172.

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