Buthoscorpio sarasinorum ( Karsch, 1892 )
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Buthoscorpio sarasinorum ( Karsch, 1892 ) |
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Buthoscorpio sarasinorum ( Karsch, 1892) View in CoL
( Figs. 12 View Figures 12–15 , 16–40 View Figures 16–19 View Figures 20–23 View Figures 24–29 View Figures 30–33 View Figures 34–38 View Figures 39–46 , 47 View Figures 47–53 , 193 View Figures 193–200 , 421–422 View Figures 403–429 , 547)
Stenochirus sarasinorum Karsch, 1892: 305–306 , fig. 30, Pl. XXII; Kraepelin, 1899: 39–40; Pocock, 1900: 33–34; Moritz & Fischer, 1980: 323; Vachon, 1982: 83–84, figs. 12–18, 84–85.
Buthoscorpio sarasinorum: Fet, 1997: 246 View in CoL ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 90 (? in part); Lourenço, 2012: 188–189, figs. 6–12.
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Peradeniya , ZMHB No. 6806 .
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Sri Lanka, North Central Province, Polonnaruwa District, near Kaudulla National Park , 08°08'40.6"N 080°51'04"E, 101 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CF, Fig. 581 View Figures 579–581 ), 23. IV.2015, 1♂ ( Figs. 16–17 View Figures 16–19 , 20, 22 View Figures 20–23 , 24–26 View Figures 24–29 , 30–34 View Figures 30–33 View Figures 34–38 , 193 View Figures 193–200 , 421 View Figures 403–429 , 547 View Figures 547–554 ), FKCP, 1♀ ( Figs. 36–38 View Figures 34–38 ) UPSL, leg. Kovařík et al.; GoogleMaps Central Province, Matale District, Habarana, Wananiwahana Resort , 07°59'25.8"N 080°43'24.6"E, 280 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CG, Fig. 584 View Figures 582–584 ), 23. –24. IV.2015, 1♀ ( Figs. 18–19 View Figures 16–19 , 21, 23 View Figures 20–23 , 27–29 View Figures 24–29 , 422 View Figures 403–429 ), FKCP, leg. Kovařík et al.; GoogleMaps Eastern Province, Ampara District, Ampara env., 07°20'01.3"N 081°41'57.1"E, 56 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CS, Fig. 597 View Figures 597–598 ), 4.V.2015, 1♂, UPSL, 1♀ ( Fig. 35 View Figures 34–38 ), FKCP, leg. Kovařík et al.; GoogleMaps Central Province, Kandy District, Tree Centre Wildlife Trust Sri Lanka “Rantambe”, 07°12'22.1"N 080°57'20.7"E, 171 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CT, Fig. 598 View Figures 597–598 ), 5.V.2015, 1♂, FKCP, 1♂, UPSL leg. Kovařík et al GoogleMaps .
DIAGNOSIS. Total length 25–52 mm. Dentate margin of pedipalp chela movable finger with distinct granules divided into 10 linear rows, apical rows of 3 granules, and 3 terminal granules. Tergites and carapace smooth to finely granular (more so in males). Median eyes located anteriorly in the ratio ca 1:2.5. Metasomal segments III– IV with well developed dorsolateral carinae. Dorsal surface of metasomal segments mesially granulated. Metasomal segments I–V granulated. Pectinal teeth number 14–17 in both sexes. Telson without subaculear tooth.
HEMISPERMATOPHORE ( Figs. 30–33 View Figures 30–33 , 47 View Figures 47–53 ). Trunk and capsule region very narrow, elongate ( Fig. 47 View Figures 47–53 ). Flagellum cylindriform, short, pars recta with broad base; pars reflecta thickened, about the same length as capsule region. Median lobe narrow with prominent, curved dorsal carina. Basal lobe strongly developed as a prominent, blunt, rounded scoop arising dorsally from base of median lobe carina. External surface of capsule region roughly sculptured with series of transverse corrugations.
COMMENTS. Buthoscorpio sarasinorum is probably endemic to Sri Lanka. Tikader & Bastawade (1983: 158– 163, figs. 430–452) and Thulsi Rao et al. (2005: 7) cited B. sarasinorum from India but according to the characters they cited, their records probably represent a different species. Aswathi et al. (2015: 218) cited B. sarasinorum only from Sri Lanka ( Aswathi et al., 2015: 217, fig. 1) but in their table ( Aswathi et al., 2015: 218, tab. 2) they listed variable or incorrect diagnostic characters for B. sarasinorum .
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Buthoscorpio sarasinorum ( Karsch, 1892 )
Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A. 2016 |
Buthoscorpio sarasinorum: Fet, 1997: 246
LOURENCO, W. R. 2012: 188 |
FET, V. & W. D. SISSOM & G. LOWE & M. E. BRAUNWALDER 2000: 90 |
FET 1997: 246 |
Stenochirus sarasinorum
VACHON, M. 1982: 83 |
MORITZ, M. & S. - CH. FISCHER 1980: 323 |
POCOCK, R. I. 1900: 33 |
Kraepelin 1899: 39 |
KARSCH 1892: 306 |