A New Species Of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae) From Thailand
Author
Lourenço, Wilson R.
Author
Sun, Dong
Author
Zhu, Mingsheng
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2010
2010-02-28
58
1
79
85
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4508329
2345-7600
4508329
Chaerilus celebensis
Pocock, 1894
(
Figs. 1
,
2
,
5B,D
; Table 1)
Chaerilus celebensis
Pocock, 1894: 93
;
Kraepelin, 1899: 158
;
Kraepelin, 1913: 145
;
Fage, 1946: 72
(misidentification);
Takashima, 1945: 99
; Kova ík, 2000: 43; Lourenço & Ythier, 2008: 27.
Material examined.
–
1 female-juvenile
holotype
(BMNH- 1896.10.6.5.),
Indonesia
,
Luwu
,
Celebes
(
Sulawesi
) Island, coll.
M. Weber
,
6 Jun.1896
;
1 female
(
ZMUH
),
Indonesia
,
Luwu
,
Celebes
(
Sulawesi
) Island,
Sadara-Spitze
, coll.
Sarasin
,
4 Mar.1897
;
1 female
(
MNHN
),
Indonesia
,
Luwu
,
Celebes
(
Sulawesi
) Island,
Malino
, slopes of the
Lompobatang
,
1500 m
alt., coll.
P. Leclerc
,
6 Jul.1986
;
1 male-juvenile (
MHNH
),
Indonesia
,
Luwu
,
Celebes
(
Sulawesi
) Island,
Tacipi-Lampo
,
Bone
, coll.
P. Leclerc
,
17 Jul.1986
;
1 female-juvenile (
MHBU
),
Indonesia
,
Luwu
,
Celebes
(
Sulawesi
) Island,
Tacipi-Lampo
,
Bone
, coll.
P. Leclerc
,
15 Jul.1986
.
Diagnosis
. –
Species with small to moderate size in relation to the other species of the genus with
22 to 26 mm
in total length.
Coloration. –
Basically reddish-yellow to yellowish-brown. Carapace reddish to reddish-brown, with two posterior spots on posterior edge; tergites yellowish, intensely marked with brownish confluent spots. Metasoma: All segments yellowish with variegated brownish spots; dorsal surface of segments not spotted; carinae dark reddish-brown. Telson yellowish with diffused brownish spots; aculeus reddish. Chelicerae yellowish with rather diffused variegated spots; fingers with reddish teeth. Pedipalps: reddish to reddish-brown with some diffused brownish spots; carinae blackish-brown; chela fingers very dark. Legs yellowish with diffused brownish variegated spots. Venter and sternites yellowish; with the exception of the pectines, all other structures are marked with rather diffused brownish spots (note: coloration is extensively described because of the diagnostic importance of this character in relation to closely related species).Morphology: Carapace with the anterior margin weakly concave; carinae weakly marked; moderately granular in males, more densely granular in females; furrows moderately to weakly deep. Metasomal carinae moderately to strongly granular; ventral carinae absent from segment I. Dentate margins of fixed and movable fingers of pedipalp chela with 6-7 rows of granules, not well delimited. Pectinal tooth count
3-4 in
males,
3 in
females. Genital operculum plates have a sub-oval shape. Trichobothriotaxy of
type
B, orthobothriotaxic.
Distribution. –
C. celebensis
has been cited from different locations, including some outside
Indonesia
. These correspond, however, to misidentifications, and this species can only be confirmed up to know from
Celebes
(
Sulawesi
)
Island
.