Two New Cave-Dwelling Species of the Short-Tailed Whipscorpion Genus Rowlandius (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Northeastern Brazil, with Comments on Male Dimorphism

Adalberto J. Santos; Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira; Bruno A. Buzatto

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063616

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Two New Cave-Dwelling Species of the Short-Tailed Whipscorpion Genus Rowlandius (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Northeastern Brazil, with Comments on Male Dimorphism

Adalberto J. Santos ,

* E-mail: oxyopes@yahoo.com

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira,

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Bruno A. Buzatto

Affiliation Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology (M092), The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Two New Cave-Dwelling Species of the Short-Tailed Whipscorpion Genus Rowlandius (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Northeastern Brazil, with Comments on Male Dimorphism

Adalberto J. Santos,
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira,
Bruno A. Buzatto

Published: May 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063616

About the Authors

Adalberto J. Santos

* E-mail: oxyopes@yahoo.com

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Bruno A. Buzatto

Affiliation Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology (M092), The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJS RLF BAB. Performed the experiments: AJS RLF BAB. Analyzed the data: AJS BAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJS. Wrote the paper: AJS RLF BAB.

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