Alessandro Ponce de Leão Giupponi

Description of a new species of Tityus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the States of Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tityus potameis sp. n., a member of the Tityus bahiensis species group, is described on the basis of two male and six female specimens collected at several localities in both States. The geographic distribution of the new species ranges from ‘Macaé ’ in the State of Rio de Janeiro, to ‘Parque Duas Bocas ’ and ‘Reserva Biológica Santa Lúcia’, in the State of Espirito Santo. Comments on the taxonomic position of the new species and on aspects of the environmental characteristics of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest are also added