Vietbocap thienduongensis
| Vietbocap thienduongensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Pseudochactidae |
| Genus: | Vietbocap |
| Species: | V. thienduongensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Vietbocap thienduongensis (Lourenço & Pham, 2012)
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Vietbocap thienduongensis (Vietnamese: Bọ cạp Thiên Đường, literally "Paradise scorpion") is a species of scorpion in the family Pseudochactidae. This species was found by Phạm Đình Sắc (Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), an organ under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)) and Wilson Lourenço (Paris Museum of Natural History – National Museum of Natural History) inside Thiên Đường Cave, a cave located in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Quảng Bình Province and they announced their discovery in Comptes Rendus Biologies.[1]
References
- ^ Wilson R. Lourenço & Đình Sắc Pham (2012). "A second species of Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) from Vietnam". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 335 (1): 80–85. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2011.11.004. PMID 22226167.
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