A review of the genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with descriptions of four new species from Asia and Australia
Author
Kovařík, František
text
Euscorpius
2003
2003-12-31
10
10
1
19
https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2003/iss10/1/
journal article
10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss10.1
1536-9307
4672850
3160542C-6E43-404D-A3BA-1F6FAFA64A39
Isometrus
(
Reddyanus
)
heimi
Vachon, 1976
Isometrus
(
Reddyanus
)
heimi
:
Vachon, 1976: 30
;
Kovařík, 1994: 202
;
Kovařík, 1997a: 8
;
Kovařík, 1998a: 36
;
Kovařík, 1998b: 111
; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 152.
TYPE
LOCALITY AND
TYPE
REPOSITORY.
New Caledonia
;
MNHN
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
New
Guinea
,
Madang Prov.
,
Nagada Harbor
,
Riwo Village
,
1 km
NW of Jais Aben Resort
,
2 m
.
,
7.III.1989
,
1♀
(im.), leg.
D. H. Kavanaugh
&
G. E. Ball
, CASC;
Madang Prov.
, Nagada Harbor,
Riwo Village
,
1 km
NW of Jais Aben Resort
,
2 m
.
,
18.III.1989
,
1♂
, leg.
D. H. Kavanaugh
&
G. E. Ball
, CASC;
Madang Prov.
, 4.3 km
NW of Awar
on Awar- Bok Road,
5 m
.
,
23.IV.1989
,
1juv.
, leg.
D. H. Kavanaugh
&
G. E. Ball
, CASC; 1979,
2♂
3♀
,
FKCP
.
I. bilyi
I. khammamensis
|
I. khammamensis
|
I. petrzelkai
|
I. petrzelkai
|
I. problematicus
|
female
|
male
|
female
|
male
|
female
|
female
|
holotype holotype
|
allotype
|
holotype
|
allotype
|
holotype
|
Total |
length |
26.1 |
38.9 |
28.1 |
47 |
37.1 |
22 |
Carapace |
length |
3.2 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
2.7 |
width |
2.9 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
2.8 |
Metasoma & telson |
length |
15.2 |
25.4 |
15.8 |
32.3 |
20.6 |
12.9 |
segment I |
length |
1.8 |
3.4 |
1.9 |
3.7 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
width |
1.5 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
segment II |
length |
2.2 |
3.7 |
2.4 |
4.9 |
3.0 |
1.8 |
width |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
segment III |
length |
2.4 |
4.4 |
2.7 |
5.5 |
3.4 |
2.0 |
width |
1.3 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
segment IV |
length |
2.8 |
4.8 |
2.9 |
6.3 |
3.9 |
2.2 |
width |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
segment V |
length |
3.3 |
5.3 |
3.4 |
7.4 |
4.5 |
3.0 |
width |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
telson |
length |
2.7 |
3.8 |
2.5 |
4.5 |
3.4 |
2.4 |
Pedipalp |
femur |
length |
2.4 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
4.2 |
3.6 |
2.2 |
width |
0.9 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
patella |
length |
3.2 |
3.4 |
2.9 |
4.7 |
4.2 |
2.7 |
width |
1.2 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
tibia |
length |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.3 |
7.8 |
6.6 |
4.6 |
width |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
finger mov. |
length |
3.2 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
2.5 |
Pectinal teeth 12:12 13:14 13:14 14:14 13:13 12:12
Table 1:
Measurements (mm) of the type specimens of the new
Isometrus
species.
DISTRIBUTION. Oceania (
New Caledonia
) (
Vachon, 1976: 30
), New
Guinea
(first record).