Two new alkali-sink specialist species of Paruroctonus Werner 1934 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from central California
Citation
Esposito L (2024). Two new alkali-sink specialist species of Paruroctonus Werner 1934 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from central California. Version 1.4. ZooKeys. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zwgv36 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-28.Description
Specimens collected and deposited at the California Academy of Sciences of the following scorpion species: Paruroctonus soda Jain, Forbes, Esposito 2022 Paruroctonus conclusus Jain, Forbes, Esposito 2022Sampling Description
Study Extent
Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo county and Koehn Lake playa in the Mojave Desert of Kern CountySampling
Hand collected using UV lightMethod steps
- Specimens collected at night using UV light detection, submerged in ethanol upon collection
Taxonomic Coverages
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Paruroctonus sodarank: species
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Paruroctonus conclususrank: species
Geographic Coverages
Southern California, United States of America
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Lauren Espositooriginator
position: Curator
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco
94118
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US
Telephone: 4153795328
email: lesposito@calacademy.org
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Lauren Esposito
metadata author
position: Curator
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco
94118
CA
US
Telephone: 4153795328
email: lesposito@calacademy.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5514-7486
Lauren Esposito
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco
94118
CA
US
Telephone: 4153795328
email: lesposito@calacademy.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5514-7486
Lauren Esposito
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco
94118
CA
US
Telephone: 4153795328
email: lesposito@calacademy.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5514-7486