Cheloctonus glaber

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

Cheloctonus glaber Fig. 27 A–C

Cheloctonus glaber Kraepelin, 1896b: 134-136, fig. 8

Current combination.

Cheloctonus glaber Kraepelin, 1896

Lectotype.

( Fig. 27 A–C ) ♀ (ZMH-A0000937), Deutsch SW Africa [Namibia], O. Schneider leg., ded. 04.07.1896.

Paralectotypes.

1 subadult ♀, 2 juveniles (ZMH-A0003127), same data as lectotype.

Remarks.

Kraepelin (1896b: 135) mentioned 6 specimens (male and female) in the original description. He also pointed out that the species was collected in sympatry with the buthid Uroplectes triangulifer (Thorell, 1876). Only three specimens are currently registered in the ZMH collection and the status of the remaining specimens is unknown. They are also not present in the ZMB collections where some of Kraepelin’s types are deposited. The adult female is designated here as the lectotype and the remaining specimens are paralectotypes.

Figures

Figure 27. Cheloctonus glaber Kraepelin, 1896, female lectotype (A-C). Ischnurus troglodytes Peters, 1861 [= Hadogenes troglodytes (Peters, 1861)], female syntype (D-F): A, D dorsal aspect of habitus B, E ventral aspect of habitus C, F retrolateral aspect of chela illustrating dentate margins of fingers. Scale bars: 10 mm (A-B), 20 mm (D-E), 5 mm (F), 1 mm (C).