Neochactas garciai

Neochactas garciai is a species of scorpion in the genus Chactidae .

 Distribution 
This species is endemic to the state of Bolívar in Venezuela.Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society, . It is most commonly found near Gran Sabana.González Sponga, 1978 : Escorpiofauna de la region oriental del Estado Bolivar, en Venezuela. Roto Impresos C.A., Caracas, .

 Systematics and taxonomy 
This species was described under the protonym Broteochactas garciai by González-Sponga in 1978. It was moved to the genus Neochactas by Soleglad and Fet in 2003.Soleglad & Fet, 2003 : High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni). Euscorpius, ,  (texte intégral ).

 Etymology 
This species is named in honor of Edgard García.González Sponga, 1978 : Escorpiofauna de la region oriental del Estado Bolivar, en Venezuela. Roto Impresos C.A., Caracas, .

 Original publication 
 Gonzalez Sponga, 1978 : Escorpiofauna from the eastern region of Estado Bolivar, in Venezuela. Roto Impresos C. HAS. , Caracas, 

 References 

 Other websites 
 The Scorpion Files : Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

 Reference Catalogue of Life : Neochactas garciai (González-Sponga, 1978) (accessed December 21, 2020 )

Category:Scorpions