Pseudochactidae Explained

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

Genera

• Aemngvantom Prendini & Ehrenthal & Loria, 2021
• Pseudochactas Gromov, 1998
• Troglokhammouanus Lourenço, 2007 ^[2]
• Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Loria . Stephanie F . Ehrenthal . Valentin L . Nguyen . Anh D . Prendini . Lorenzo . Climate Relicts: Asian Scorpion Family Pseudochactidae Survived Miocene Aridification in Caves of the Annamite Mountains . Insect Systematics and Diversity . 1 November 2022 . 6 . 6 . 3 . 10.1093/isd/ixac028 . 27 December 2022.
2. Lourenço . Wilson R. . First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution . Comptes Rendus Biologies . October 2007 . 330 . 10 . 770–777 . 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.07.006. 17905397 .