Resumo

MIRANDA-LOPEZ, Erwin Pabel; PONCE-SAAVEDRA, Javier  e  FRANCKE, Oscar F.. A new species of Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from central Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2012, vol.83, n.4, pp.966-975. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.30891.

Vaejovis morelia sp. nov. from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico is described. This species belongs to the mexicanus group (sensu Sissom, 2000), and is morphologically similar to V. pusillus Pocock, 1898 and V. dzahui Santibañez y Francke 2010, species from mountainous zones, and with which it is compared.

Palavras-chave : systematics; Vaejovis; pusillus complex; morphometric methods.