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GONZALEZ SPONGA, Manuel Ángel. Venezuelan biodiversity. arachnida: Description of four new spacies of the Tityus genus (Scorpionida: Buthidae) of the Bolivar and Amazonas States. Revista de Investigación [online]. 2009, vol.33, n.66, pp.227-255. ISSN 1010-2914.

Four new species of Venezuelan scorpions are described: Tityus acanañensis, Tityus maniapurensis, Tityus ventuarensis y Tityus yerenai. They inhabit in localities situated in the Bolívar and Amazonas States in variable altitudes between 100 and 500 meters. Drawings of signifi cant morphological characters are presented to diagnostic species, those were determined by the author using a stereoscope; this same equipment were used to take morphometrics characters. Typical localities are signaled on a map.

Palavras-chave : Biodiversity; Arachnides; Scorpions; Tityus; New species; Venezuela.