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; Fet &amp; Lowe, 2000: 111 (complete references list); Teruel &amp; Stockwell, 2002: 114.
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<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FEDC4484FD81FA98" author="LOURENCO" box="[382,604,1275,1299]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="761 - 768" refId="ref1506" refString="LOURENCO, W. R. 1983. Etude d'une petite collection de Scorpions du Nicaragua, avec la description d'une espece nouvelle de Centruroides (Buthidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 90 (3): 761 - 768." type="journal article" year="1983">Lourenco, 1983: 763</bibRefCitation>
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(syn. by Armas &amp; Maes, 2001: 16).
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COMMENTS. The Central American scorpion
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, named in honour of Dr. Volker Mahnert (19432018), was described on the basis of a female
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from Momotombo Volcano (
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;
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a. s. l.),
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,
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. This species was downgraded by Armas &amp; Maes (2001) to a junior synonym of
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; however,Teruel &amp; Stockwell (2002: 114) argued that description and figures given for
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are also referable to juveniles of
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(Gervais, 1843)
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. Unfortunately, neither Armas &amp; Maes (2001) nor Teruel &amp; Stockwell (2002) examined the type specimen of
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; additionally, the habitus of this species was illustrated on the basis of two poorly defined photos (dorsal and ventral aspects) of a
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(
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, figs. 12). Taking in account such uncertainty,
<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FFD34724FEA6F8F8" author="BORGES" box="[113,379,1883,1908]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="130 - 143" refId="ref1248" refString="BORGES, A., R. J. MIRANDA &amp; J. M. PASCALE. 2012. Scorpionism in Central America, with special reference to the case of Panama. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, 18 (2): 130 - 143." type="journal article" year="2012">Borges et al. (2012: 131</bibRefCitation>
, 132, table 1) preferred retaining
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<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FD494724FF0CF818" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. mahnerti</emphasis>
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as a valid species.
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To elucidate this problem, photogaphs of the type specimen of
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<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FEAA47C4FE53F858" box="[264,398,1979,2003]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. mahnerti</emphasis>
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(
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) were examined and now is possible to confirm that, as stated by Armas &amp; Maes (2001), this species is really a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FAE543C7FA66FC5D" box="[1351,1467,958,982]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. koesteri</emphasis>
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. Juvenile specimens of
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(Figs. 57) clearly differ from those of
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<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FC664387FBEAFB9D" box="[964,1079,1022,1046]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. koesteri</emphasis>
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, among other characters, by having a darker general pattern, the pedipalps very densely hirsute and metasomal segments II-IV with stronger spinoid granules on dorsal carinae and having three or four pairs of ventrolateral macrosetae (only two pairs in
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). On the other hand, the
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of
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is a subadult female, perhaps of two instars less than the adult female
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of
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<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FAE544C7FA66FB5D" box="[1351,1467,1214,1238]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. koesteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as inferred from measurements given by Francke &amp; Stockwell (1987: 10); also, its pedipalp chela is slender than the pedipalp patella, whereas in the adults of
<taxonomicName id="46899880614C9316FB3C4567FAC8FABD" authorityName="Kraepelin" authorityYear="1911" box="[1182,1301,1310,1334]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Centruroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="koesteri">
<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FB3C4567FAC8FABD" box="[1182,1301,1310,1334]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. koesteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is other way round (
<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FCDE4546FBC4FADC" author="FRANCKE" box="[892,1049,1342,1367]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="65 - 71" refId="ref1370" refString="FRANCKE, O. F. 1978. Redescription of Centruroides koesteri Kraepelin (Scorpionida, Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology, 6: 65 - 71." type="journal article" year="1978">Francke, 1978</bibRefCitation>
; Teruel &amp; Stockwell, 2002).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8136E303614C9316FCC24527FC0DF9FC" blockId="2.[816,1476,958,1814]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">
As pointed out by
<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FB984527FAF3FAFD" author="LOURENCO" box="[1082,1326,1374,1399]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="761 - 768" refId="ref1506" refString="LOURENCO, W. R. 1983. Etude d'une petite collection de Scorpions du Nicaragua, avec la description d'une espece nouvelle de Centruroides (Buthidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 90 (3): 761 - 768." type="journal article" year="1983">Lourenço (1983: 767)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FACE4526FC78FA1C" author="FRANCKE" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="65 - 71" refId="ref1370" refString="FRANCKE, O. F. 1978. Redescription of Centruroides koesteri Kraepelin (Scorpionida, Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology, 6: 65 - 71." type="journal article" year="1978">Francke (1978: 70)</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName id="46899880614C9316FC104507FBF5FA1D" authorityName="Kraepelin" authorityYear="1911" box="[946,1064,1406,1430]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Centruroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="koesteri">
<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FC104507FBF5FA1D" box="[946,1064,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. koesteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="46899880614C9316FBCB4507FB2EFA1D" baseAuthorityName="Gervais" baseAuthorityYear="1843" box="[1129,1267,1406,1430]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Centruroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsii">
<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FBCB4507FB2EFA1D" box="[1129,1267,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. edwardsii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(misidentied as
<taxonomicName id="46899880614C9316FA084507FC67FA3D" baseAuthorityName="Gervais" baseAuthorityYear="1841" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Centruroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="margaritatus">
<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FA084507FC67FA3D" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. margaritatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by authors previous to
<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FB6145E7FA4CFA3C" author="ARMAS" box="[1219,1425,1438,1463]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 16" refId="ref1204" refString="ARMAS, L. F. DE, R. TERUEL &amp; F. KOVARIK. 2011. On Centruroides margaritatus (Gervais, 1841) and closely related species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 132: 1 - 16." type="journal article" year="2011">Armas et al., 2011</bibRefCitation>
) are sympatric species, but the former appears to be arboreal in habits (
<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FC2645A6FB8AFA7C" author="FRANCKE" box="[900,1111,1502,1527]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="65 - 71" refId="ref1370" refString="FRANCKE, O. F. 1978. Redescription of Centruroides koesteri Kraepelin (Scorpionida, Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology, 6: 65 - 71." type="journal article" year="1978">Francke, 1978: 70</bibRefCitation>
), although in the Momotombo Volcano area both species were found inside buildings. From the same area,
<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FBB04667FB1AF9BC" author="LOURENCO" box="[1042,1223,1567,1591]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="761 - 768" refId="ref1506" refString="LOURENCO, W. R. 1983. Etude d'une petite collection de Scorpions du Nicaragua, avec la description d'une espece nouvelle de Centruroides (Buthidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 90 (3): 761 - 768." type="journal article" year="1983">Lourenço (1983)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FB584667FA4DF9BD" author="ARMAS" box="[1274,1424,1566,1591]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="2 - 3" refId="ref1081" refString="ARMAS, L. F. DE. 1995. Breve cronica de una expedicion aracnologica a Nicaragua. Cocuyo, 4: 2 - 3." type="journal article" year="1995">Armas (1995)</bibRefCitation>
also recorded the diplocentrine scorpion
<taxonomicName id="46899880614C9316FB6C4646FC10F9FC" authority="Francke, 1978" authorityName="Francke" authorityYear="1978" class="Arachnida" family="Diplocentridae" genus="Didymocentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krausi">
<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FB6C4646FA1FF9DD" box="[1230,1474,1598,1622]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">Didymocentrus krausi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E5189EF2614C9316FC924626FC10F9FC" author="FRANCKE" box="[816,973,1630,1655]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="65 - 71" refId="ref1370" refString="FRANCKE, O. F. 1978. Redescription of Centruroides koesteri Kraepelin (Scorpionida, Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology, 6: 65 - 71." type="journal article" year="1978">Francke, 1978</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8136E303614C9316FCC24606FC14F89D" blockId="2.[816,1476,958,1814]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">
According to present-day data (Francke &amp; Stockwell, 1987; Armas &amp; Maes, 2000; Teruel &amp; Stockwell, 2002),
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<emphasis id="B3FD3F11614C9316FA0846E7FC59F95D" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">C. koesteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ranges from the Fonseca Gulf (southern
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) to northwestern
<collectingCountry id="F99EA393614C9316FC6146A7FBE5F97D" box="[963,1080,1758,1783]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
(
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), mainly in tropical semiarid environments.
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