Caraboctonidae Kraepelin, 1905
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https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12785255 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A87D5-D73D-F53B-FC9F-5BE5FEC157BA |
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Felipe |
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Caraboctonidae Kraepelin, 1905 |
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Family Caraboctonidae Kraepelin, 1905 View in CoL , new rank
Type Genus. Caraboctonus Pocock, 1893 View in CoL .
Composition. This new family is established here. It includes two subfamilies: Caraboctoninae and Hadrurinae . Tribes are not recognized.
Distribution. North America, South America.
Biogeographic history. The family Caraboctonidae has a disjunct range, with subfamily Caraboctoninae in South America (with two disjunct genera), and subfamily Hadrurinae with disjunct range in Mexico and North America.
Diagnosis. Synapomorphies. Chelal trichobothrium Et 5 positioned on fixed finger; neobothriotaxy present on external surface of patella; dorsal edge of cheliceral movable finger with two subdistal denticles; leg coxae IV elongated; lateral carinae partially present on
metasomal segment IV; chela with “10-carinae” configuration. Important Symplesiomorphies. Ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger with one large denticle; ventral surface of leg tarsus with median row of spinule clusters; stigma oval in shape; chelal trichobothrial series db–dt and eb–et found on distal half of finger; patellar ventral trichobothrium v 3 found on external surface.
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