Scorpio (Chactas) fuchsii

Monod, Lionel, Duperre, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2019, An annotated catalogue of the scorpion types (Arachnida, Scorpiones) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Part I: Parvorder Iurida Soleglad & Fet, 2003, Evolutionary Systematics 3 (2), pp. 109-200 : 109

Scorpio (Chactas) fuchsii Fig. 16

Scorpio (Chactas) fuchsii Berthold, 1846: 60-62

Current senior synonym.

Chactas vanbenedenii (Gervais, 1843) [Synonymized by Kraepelin 1894: 171]

Lectotype.

( Fig. 16 A–B ) ♂ (ZMH-A0003050), Colombia, [Cauca], Popayán [2°26 ’17” N, 76°36 ’47” W], coll. 1893, Museum Göttingen.

Paralectotype.

( Fig. 16 C–D ) ♀ (ZMH-A0003050), same data as holotype

Remarks.

A label in the jar mentions " Chactas vanbenedenii (Gervais), Original-Exemplar zu Chactas fuchsii Berthold Kraepelin", confirming that these two specimens are the original series examined by Berthold (1946). The male is designated here as lectotype and the female is a paralectotype.

Figures

Figure 16. Chactas fuchsii Berthold, 1846 [= Chactas vanbenedenii (Gervais, 1843)], male lectotype (A-B), paralectotype (female) (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.