Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A., 2016, Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat n, Euscorpius 220, pp. 1-133 : 96

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5739433

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scientific name

Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828
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Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 View in CoL

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Buthus (Heterometrus) Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828: pl. 1, figs 1–2 (part, only fig. 2); Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829: 351.

Heterometrus: Kovařík, 2004: 1–60 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs. 1–32 (complete reference and synonymy list until 2004); Kovařík, 2009: 34–49, 73–113, figs. 1–283.

TYPE SPECIES. Buthus (Heterometrus) spinifer Ehrenberg, 1828 , by subsequent designation ( Karsch, 1879: 20).

DIAGNOSIS: Total length 60–176 mm. Orthobothriotaxy type C. Pedipalp femur with three trichobothria, only one of which resides on internal surface. Pedipalp patella with 19 trichobothria, 3 ventral, and 13 external. Chela of pedipalp with 26 trichobothria. Retrolateral pedal spurs absent. Lateroapical margins of tarsi produced into rounded lobes. Metasomal segments I–IV with paired ventral submedian carinae. Stridulatory organ located on opposing surfaces of pedipalp coxa and first leg.

DISTRIBUTION. Oriental region from India to Indonesia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Scorpionidae

Loc

Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A. 2016
2016
Loc

Heterometrus: Kovařík, 2004: 1–60

KOVARIK, F. 2009: 34
KOVARIK 2004: 60
2004
Loc

Buthus (Heterometrus)

HEMPRICH, F. W. & C. G. EHRENBERG 1829: 351
1829
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