Tityus (Atreus) magnimanus Pocock, 1897

Kovařík, František, Šťáhlavský, František, Kořínková, Tereza, Král, Jiří & Ende, Tom van der, 2009, Tityus ythieri Lourenço, 2007 is a synonym of Tityus magnimanus Pocock, 1897 (Scorpiones: Buthidae): a combined approach using morphology, hybridization experiments, chromosomes, and mitochondrial DNA, Euscorpius 77 (77), pp. 1-12 : 2

Tityus (Atreus) magnimanus Pocock, 1897

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Tityus magnimanus Pocock, 1897: 514 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 249; Kovařík, 2002: 20; Lourenço & Bruehmueller Ramos, 2004: 285; Lourenço, 2007a: 376.

Tityus (Atreus) magnimanus: Lourenço, 2006: 61 .

= Tityus falconensis González-Sponga, 1974: 62 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 244; Rojas-Runjaic & De Sousa, 2007: 287 (syn. by Lourenço & Bruehmueller, 2004: 286).

Tityus (Atreus) falconensis: Lourenço, 2006: 61 ; Lourenço, 2007b: 477.

= Tityus (Atreus) ythieri Lourenço, 2007a: 377 ; Lourenço, 2007b: 477. Syn. n.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY. Brazil (error, see comments); BMNH ( The Natural History Museum , London, United Kingdom) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Venezuela, Falcón Province, 56♂ 42♀ 138 juvs, 2006. Ecuador, Morona-Santiago Province, south of Yaupi , 38♂ 24♀ 86 juvs, direct descendants of the of the holotype female and paratype male of T. ythieri collected by local Indians. Hybrids No. 1, 12♂ 9♀ 2juvs. (♀ from Venezuela and ♂ descendants of the holotype female and paratype male of T. ythieri ), 26 juvs. descendants of the hybrids No. 1. Hybrids No. 2, 8♂ 5♀ 11juvs. (♂ from Venezuela and ♀ descendants of the of the holotype female and paratype male of T. ythieri ), 21 juvs. descendants of the hybrids No. 2. All specimens were reared by first and fifth authors in 2004–2008, and are in first author’s collection ( FKCP) .

DIAGNOSIS. Adults 45 – 72 mm long. Females mature after fifth ecdysis; males mature after fourth or fifth ecdysis, which determines their final size. Base color reddish yellow to dark reddish (depending on age), young spotted. Pectinal teeth number 17 – 23. Subaculear tooth short and strongly spinoid. Basal middle lamella of female pectines dilated. Fixed and movable fingers of pedipalps with 14/16 rows of granules that include external and internal granules. Movable finger with minute basal tubercle in both sexes. Ventral carinae of third and fourth metasomal segments in Y-shaped configuration. Manus of pedipalp narrower in female than in male. Metasoma slightly longer in male than in female.

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Figures 1–10: Tityus magnimanus, Venezuela, Falcón Province, FKCP. 1–2. Dorsal and ventral views, ♂ (65 mm). 3–4. Dorsal and ventral views, ♀ (65 mm). 5–6, 10. Dorsal and ventral views, and metasoma ventral, ♀ (65 mm) immediately after last (maturation) ecdysis. 7. Juvenile after second ecdysis. 8. Juvenile after third ecdysis. 9. Juvenile immediately before fourth ecdysis.

Figures 11–13: Tityus magnimanus, Venezuela, Falcón Province, FKCP. 11. Juvenile in last phase of fourth ecdysis. 12. Immature female after fourth ecdysis. 13. Adult male after fourth ecdysis.

Figures 14–16: Tityus magnimanus, Venezuela, Falcón Province, FKCP. 14. Adult female after fifth ecdysis. 15. Female at delivery. 16. Female with juveniles and eggs.

Figures 17–19: Tityus magnimanus. 17. Male and female with juveniles. Direct descendants of the female holotype and male paratype of Tityus ythieri Lourenco, 2007. 18–19. Female from Venezuela, Falcón Province. 18. Female with juveniles before first ecdysis. 19. Female with juvs after and in first ecdysis.