Urodacus bicolor

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

Urodacus bicolor Fig. 64 A–B

Urodacus bicolor Werner, 1936: 182-183, fig. 3

Current senior synonym.

Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861 [synonymized by L. E. Koch 1977: 194]

Syntypes.

1 ♀ ( Fig. 64 A–B , ZMH-A0001081); 1 ♀ ( ZMH-A0002185), Western Australia, Pickering Brook [32°02 ’51” S, 116°11 ’54” E], Wilhelm Michaelsen leg., Hamburg’s South-West Australia Expedition 1905 ( ZMH, Eing. Nr. 4.1926).

Remarks.

Werner (1936) reported a male and a female from Pickering Brook and a female from Upper Blackwood District, Brancaster (J. M. Whistler coll.). L. E. Koch (1977) examined the latter specimen and noted that it is a male contrary to Werner (1936) and listed it as a syntype of U. bicolor lodged in the ZMH. Koch also studied the specimens from Pickering Brook and determined them as male and female syntypes of U. bicolor . The specimen from Brancaster could not be found in the collection of the ZMH and may be lost. Given the discrepancies between the sexes of the specimens examined and the sexes reported by previous workers, we decided not to designate a lectotype. The male reported by Werner and Koch should ideally be designated as lectotype but the specimen could not be found during the course of this work.

Remarks on collector.

See paragraph on Cercophonius granulosus Kraepelin, 1908 above.

Figures

Figure 64. Urodacus bicolor Werner, 1936 [= Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861], female syntype (A-B). Urodacus fossor Kraepelin, 1916 [= Urodacus yaschenkoi (Birula, 1903)], female syntype (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.