Heterometrus flavimanus ( Pocock, 1900 )
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Heterometrus flavimanus ( Pocock, 1900 ) |
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Heterometrus flavimanus ( Pocock, 1900)
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Palamnaeus swammerdami flavimanus Pocock, 1900: 87 .
Heterometrus (Gigantometrus) flavimanus : Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 568; Tikader, 1987: 36; Kovařík, 1998: 137; Fet, 2000: 443.
Heterometrus (Gigantometrus) swammerdami flavimanus : Couzijn, 1981: 164.
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Coimbatore , India ; BMNH.
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. India, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore , 1♀ (lectotype), 1♂ (paralectotype), leg. W. Brady, BMNH No. 1899.11.2.292-3 .
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. India, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore , VI.1954, 1im., VI.1955, 1juv., 17.XI.1957, 1im., XI.1957, 1im. 1juv., VII.1958, 1juv., XII.1958, 1im. 1juv., VI.1963, 1♂, leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; Madras , X.1971, 1juv., collector unknown, CASC ; Coimbatore env., 1990, 1♂ 1♀, FKCP .
DIAGNOSIS. Adults 110–150 mm long. Base color uniformly reddish brown, manus of pedipalp, legs and telson reddish to yellow. Pectinal teeth number 19–22. Sexual dimorphism in proportions of pedipalps not noticeable. Chela strongly lobiform, its length to width ratio about 1.7 in both sexes. Entire manus covered by large, rounded granules that do not form true carinae. Patella of pedipalp without pronouced internal tubercle. Carapace usually with disc smooth and all margins granulate and tuberculate (in some specimens entire carapace sparsely granulate). Fifth segment of metasoma longer than femur of pedipalp, fourth segment of metasoma approximately as long as femur of pedipalp. Telson bulbous, vesicle longer than aculeus.
COMMENTS. Couzijn (1981: 164) designated the type male as “ allolectotype “ and the type female as “hololectotype“. Following the Code, I call these specimens paralectotype and lectotype.
DISTRIBUTION. India: Tamil Nadu ( Pocock, 1900: 87).
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Heterometrus flavimanus ( Pocock, 1900 )
| Kovařík, František 2004 |
Heterometrus (Gigantometrus) flavimanus
| TIKADER 1987: 36 |
Palamnaeus swammerdami flavimanus
| POCOCK 1900: 87 |