Redefinition And Systematic Revision Of The East African Scorpion Genus Pandinoides (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) With Critique Of The Taxonomy Of Pandinus, Sensu Lato
Author
Prendini, Lorenzo
Scorpion Systematics Research Group, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2016
2016-09-21
2016
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Key to Identification of the Species of
Pandinoides
Fet, 1997
1. Total adult body length
60–78 mm
, carapace length
10–13 mm
, chela length
14–19 mm
; pedipalp with 74–82 trichobothria: patella with 39–45 trichobothria, including 22–28
v
trichobothria; chela fixed finger (adult
♂
), proximal lobe present, similar in size to medial lobe; little to no gap proximally between fixed and movable fingers, when closed (adult
♂
); pectinal tooth count, 11–13, usually 12 (
♂
), 10–12, usually 11 (
♀
); basitarsi III, prolateral
t
and
st
macrosetae setiform, IV, prolateral
t
setiform,
st
spiniform .................
P. duffmackayi
,
sp. nov.
– Total adult body length
87–123 mm
, carapace length
15–19 mm
, chela length
21–32 mm
; pedipalp with 83–93 trichobothria: patella with 47–55 trichobothria, including 30–38
v
trichobothria; chela fixed finger (adult
♂
), proximal lobe slightly to markedly smaller than medial lobe, or absent, moderate to prominent gap proximally between fixed and movable fingers, when closed; pectinal tooth count, 13–16, usually 14 (
♂
), 12–15, usually 13 or 14 (
♀
); basitarsi III and IV, prolateral
t
and
st
macrosetae spiniform ................................. 2
2. Color in life, usually brownish black; median ocular tubercle, distance from anterior carapace margin 51%–56% of carapace length;
metasoma 52%–56% (
♂
), 49%–53% (
♀
) of total length, segments
IV
and
V
, summed lengths 115%–130% (
♂
), 107%–120% (
♀
) of carapace length
; carapace interocular and circumocular surfaces granular anterior to median ocular tubercle, along median longitudinal sulcus, and on frontal lobes; metasomal segment IV, ventrosubmedian carinae costate; chela manus height 59%–73% (
♂
), 66%–76% (
♀
) of width, length along retroventral carina 56%–63% (
♂
), 58%–67% (
♀
) of width; chela fixed finger (adult
♂
), proximal lobe present but slightly smaller than medial lobe, moderate gap proximally between fixed and movable fingers, when closed …………………...….
P. cavimanus
– Color in life, yellowish brown or reddish brown; median ocular tubercle, distance from anterior carapace margin 46%–52% of carapace length;
metasoma 46%–52% (
♂
), 42%–50% (
♀
) of total length, segments
IV
and
V
, summed lengths 98%–117% (
♂
), 87%–105% (
♀
) of carapace length
; carapace interocular and circumocular surfaces smooth or with few granules anterior to ocular tubercle; metasomal segment IV, ventrosubmedian carinae granular; chela manus height 49%– 68% (
♂
), 64%–73% (
♀
) of width, length along retroventral carina 64%–76% (
♂
), 62%–72% (
♀
) of width; chela fixed finger (adult
♂
), proximal lobe vestigial, much smaller than medial lobe, or absent, prominent gap proximally between fixed and movable fingers, when closed........
P. militaris