Vaejovis

Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2005, A new scorpion genus (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Mexico, Euscorpius 24 (24), pp. 1-13 : 7

Vaejovis “nigrescens” group

With the removal of Franckeus nitidulus from the Vaejovis “nitidulus” group, we suggest a new name for the remaining species comprising this truncated group: Vaejovis “nigrescens” group. We choose this name because V. nigrescens is the oldest named species remaining in the group. The species groups are informal conventions, and their names are not regulated in any way by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. To emphasize this point, we prefer not to italicize the species epithet when addressing the species group but rather use this epithet in quotes, in non-italicized form: i.e. [“nigrescens” group] rather than [ nigrescens group].

Below, we describe an additional new species for this group, formerly misidentified as V. gracilis Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972 .