Microtityus santosi Teruel, Rivera & Sánchez, 2014

de Armas, Luis F., 2020, Scorpions of Puerto Rico and its satellite islands (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Diplocentridae): an аnnotated list, key for genera, and bibliography, Euscorpius 311, pp. 1-8 : 3

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scientific name	Microtityus santosi Teruel, Rivera & Sánchez, 2014
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Microtityus santosi Teruel, Rivera & Sánchez, 2014 View in CoL .

DISTRIBUTION. Only known from the type locality: Culebrita Island (18°05'34"N 66°54'32"W). This species was described on the basis of a single adult female, which is the only known specimen. On the apical area of the left comb of the holotype ( Fig. 13 View Figures 12−14 ) there are two egg-like organisms solidly attached, similar to those found on some scorpions and a Colombian schizomid ( Armas, 2003: fig. 2; Delgado-Santa & Armas, 2013: fig. 3B), which were overlooked by Teruel et al. (2014). This enigmatic organism resembles an insect or mite egg, but its real origin is yet unknown. It also has been observed on an Oiclus sp. ( Diplocentridae ) from St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles (pers. obs.).

References

ARMAS, L. F. DE. 2003. On two enigmatic organisms associated with some Mexican and Antillean scorpions. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 7: 239 - 240.

DELGADO-SANTA, L. & L. F. DE ARMAS. 2013. Tres nuevos Hubbardiinae (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) de Colombia. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 22: 37 - 45.

TERUEL, R., M. J. RIVERA & A. J. SANCHEZ. 2014. First record of the genus Microtityus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966, from Puerto Rico, with description of two new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 180: 1 - 11.

Figures

Figures 12−14: Microtityus spp., pectines. Figure 12. M. vieques, male holotype, basal middle lamella conspicuously enlarged, modified from Teruel et al. (2015: fig. 2b). Figure 13. M. santosi, female holotype, basal plate and the distal area of the left comb, showing two egg-like organisms firmly attached (outside square), modified from Teruel et al. (2014: fig. 5c). Figure 14. M. borincanus, female holotype, basal plate, modified from Teruel et al. (2014: fig. 2c).