Keywords
Endemic center
Brazil
Pico de Neblina
Scorpion
Biogeography
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Abstract
New evidence based on scorpion biogeographic patterns is proposed to further support an Imeri endemic center; more specifically a Neblina-São Gabriel endemic subcenter. Ninety-three percent of the species inhabiting the Imeri region are endemic; where as 100 percent are endemic in the Neblina-São Gabriel region. Comparative results are expressed for five well known scorpion endemic centers, i.e., Santa Marta (Colombia), Manaus (Brazil), Imataca (Venezuela) and Imeri/Neblina-São Gabriel (Venezuela and Brazil). Two new species from Neblina-São Gabriel are described.
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