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<emphasis id="B90B1769FFFE0B27FF29F965C0B27659" bold="true" box="[209,425,1102,1129]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">Grosphus annulatus</emphasis>
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DIAGNOSIS. — Scorpion of small size with a total length of
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. General coloration yellowish; metasomal segments IV and V almost blackish. Carapace and tergites weakly granular. Pectines: pectinal teeth count in average
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males and
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females; basal middle lamellae of each pecten not dilated in males; dilated and elongated in females; just after the base, to the apex, covering 4 to 5 most proximal teeth. Dorsal carinae on segments II to IV without any posterior spinoid granule. Fixed and movable fingers with 11-11 oblique rows of granules.
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DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY. —
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<emphasis id="B90B1769FFFE0B27FE30FB17C39D7464" box="[456,646,1596,1620]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">Grosphus annulatus</emphasis>
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was originally described by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFEEB68AFFFE0B27FE8DFB7CC0F3745E" author="FAGE L." box="[373,488,1622,1647]" pageId="5" pageNumber="636" pagination="637 - 694" refId="ref7504" refString="FAGE L. 1929. - Les Scorpions de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies francaises 3. Societe d'Editions Geographiques Maritimes Coloniales, Paris: 637 - 694." type="book chapter" year="1929">Fage (1929)</bibRefCitation>
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only as a variety,
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<emphasis id="B90B1769FFFE0B27FF88FB5AC06974B9" box="[112,370,1649,1673]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">G. limbatus var. annulata</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFEEB68AFFFE0B27FE82FB5AC0F674B9" author="FAGE L." box="[378,493,1649,1673]" pageId="5" pageNumber="636" pagination="637 - 694" refId="ref7504" refString="FAGE L. 1929. - Les Scorpions de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies francaises 3. Societe d'Editions Geographiques Maritimes Coloniales, Paris: 637 - 694." type="book chapter" year="1929">Fage, 1929</bibRefCitation>
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. More detailed studies indicated that it was necessary to elevate this form to the rank of species (
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). It can be easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B90B1769FFFE0B27FC5EFDD9C5027339" box="[934,1049,241,265]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">G. limbatus</emphasis>
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(Pocock, 1889)
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by a characteristic pigmentation pattern – the carapace and tergites are extensively yellowish, but the metasomal segments IV and V are markedly blackish. Based on pigmentation patterns,
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<emphasis id="B90B1769FFFE0B27FC73FC77C51D7343" box="[907,1030,347,371]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">G. annulatus</emphasis>
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is probably closely related to
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<emphasis id="B90B1769FFFE0B27FCF7FC5DC27973BE" box="[783,866,374,398]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">G. olgae</emphasis>
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Lourenço, 2004
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described from South-Western
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(see below). These species can, however, be distinguished from one another based on the shape of basal middle lamellae of the female pectines, and distinct shape differences in the telson. In
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<emphasis id="B90B1769FFFE0B27FD3BFCD1C25D7022" box="[707,838,506,530]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">G. annulatus</emphasis>
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, the vesicle is strongly globular and longer than the aculeus, while in
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<emphasis id="B90B1769FFFE0B27FC12FF3EC52C701C" box="[1002,1079,532,556]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">G. olgae</emphasis>
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, the vesicle is weakly globular and shorter than the aculeus (
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<figureCitation id="1344D7FEFFFE0B27FB9FFF04C3AE7051" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="6.[113,124,1483,1501]" captionTargetBox="[128,1193,235,1427]" captionTargetId="figure-91@6.[113,1209,215,1453]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIG. 3. Ỏ Grophus ssp., Metasomal segment V and telson,lateral aspect:A, B, Grosphus annulatus Fage,1929:A, male paralectotype; B, female lectotype; C, D, Grosphus intertidalis LourenÁo, 1999, male (C) and female (D); E, F, Grosphus mahafaliensis LourenÁo, Goodman & Ramilijaona, 2004, male (E) and female (F). Scale bars: 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4539578" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4539578/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">Figs 3A, B</figureCitation>
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;
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<figureCitation id="1344D7FEFFFE0B27FD3BFF62C2187051" box="[707,771,585,609]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[113,124,1509,1527]" captionTargetBox="[125,1188,231,1475]" captionTargetId="figure-74@8.[113,1209,215,1484]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 4. Ỏ Grophus ssp., Metasomal segment V and telson, lateral aspect: A, B, Grosphus olgae LourenÁo, 2004, male (A) and female (B) paratypes; C, Grosphus feti LourenÁo, 1996, male holotype; D, Grosphus rossii LourenÁo, 2013, male holotype; E, Grosphus magalieae n. sp., male holotype. Scale bars: 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4539580" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4539580/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">4A, B</figureCitation>
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). Given all of the fieldwork conducted in South-Western
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<collectingCountry id="F3688BEBFFFE0B27FCB1FF4FC2DF704C" box="[841,964,612,636]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
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, it is rather remarkable that
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<taxonomicName id="4C7FB0F8FFFE0B27FD29FF54C25570A6" authorityName="Fage" authorityYear="1929" box="[721,846,638,662]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Grosphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="5" pageNumber="636" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="annulatus">
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<emphasis id="B90B1769FFFE0B27FD29FF54C25570A6" box="[721,846,638,662]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">G. annulatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is only known from the original
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<typeStatus id="54C475D9FFFE0B27FB77FF54C5A270A7" box="[1167,1209,639,663]" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">type</typeStatus>
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locality of “Province
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<collectingRegion id="49BB0599FFFE0B27FC92FFB2C2B57081" box="[874,942,665,689]" country="Madagascar" name="Toliara" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">Toliara</collectingRegion>
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[
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<collectingRegion id="49BB0599FFFE0B27FC40FFB2C51F7081" box="[952,1028,665,689]" country="Madagascar" name="Toliara" pageId="5" pageNumber="636">Toliara</collectingRegion>
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], Sarodrano” (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFEEB68AFFFE0B27FB73FFB2C3C170FB" author="FAGE L." pageId="5" pageNumber="636" pagination="637 - 694" refId="ref7504" refString="FAGE L. 1929. - Les Scorpions de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies francaises 3. Societe d'Editions Geographiques Maritimes Coloniales, Paris: 637 - 694." type="book chapter" year="1929">Fage 1929</bibRefCitation>
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). The coastal sand dune habitat surrounding the Sarodrano area has not been the subject of a recent inventory using pit-fall traps and perhaps this taxon has very specific ecological requirements. Fresh material will be needed for molecular studies to resolve the relationships of this species.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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