Tityus (Archaeotityus) silvestris Pocock, 1897

Tityus silvestris Pocock, 1897: 363, 364.

NEW MATERIAL. — French Guiana. 1 ♂, Mitaraka, ‘ La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 (APA 973-1)’, 02°13’59.1”N, 54°26’37.9”W, 433 m, tropical moist forest – in plateau, 2 -8.III.2015 (M. Pollet). — 1 ♀, MTK-HC, Mitaraka (Hand Catch), 24 - 27.II.2015 (E. Poirier, P.-H. Dalens & J. Touroult) .

REMARK

This species was described by Pocock (1897) from the region of Santarém in Brazilian Amazonia. Subsequently it proved to be largely distributed all over French Guiana and the Amazon region. It presents a very high polymorphism for some morphometric characters (Lourenço 1988). It was recorded for several sites in French Guiana by Lourenço (1983), but the record for the Mitaraka region is new.