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<figureCitation id="7FA32A7CFFEDFFC6FB979FCEFB6DF977" box="[1065,1205,1675,1701]" captionStart-0="Figure 5" captionStart-1="Figure 6" captionStart-2="Figure 7" captionStart-3="Figure 8" captionStart-4="Figure 9" captionStartId-0="10.[192,268,1839,1862]" captionStartId-1="11.[192,268,1151,1174]" captionStartId-2="12.[192,268,1158,1181]" captionStartId-3="13.[192,268,1926,1949]" captionStartId-4="14.[192,268,1149,1172]" captionTargetBox-0="[196,1476,199,1749]" captionTargetBox-1="[191,1440,191,1121]" captionTargetBox-2="[191,1440,191,1128]" captionTargetBox-3="[216,1417,178,1897]" captionTargetBox-4="[191,1429,191,1120]" captionTargetId-0="figure-8@10.[179,1504,184,1784]" captionTargetId-1="figure-7@11.[192,1439,192,1120]" captionTargetId-2="figure-8@12.[192,1439,192,1127]" captionTargetId-3="figure-7@13.[217,1416,179,1896]" captionTargetId-4="figure-9@14.[192,1428,192,1119]" captionTargetPageId-0="10" captionTargetPageId-1="11" captionTargetPageId-2="12" captionTargetPageId-3="13" captionTargetPageId-4="14" captionText-0="Figure 5: Adult syntypes of Rhopalurus crassicauda (copyright by František Kovařík): a) male, entire dorsal view;b) male,entire ventral view; c) female, entire dorsal view; d) female, entire ventral view; e) original Caporiacco's label, plus additional label by Kovařík." captionText-1="Figure 6: Rhopalurus crassicauda from Rupununi: two adult female topotypes, still alive in captivity." captionText-2="Figure 7: Geographical distribution of Rhopalurus pintoi (1–5) and Rhopalurus crassicauda (5–7): Tepequén [1], Surumu [2], Rio Surumu [3], Rio Tacutú [4], Rupununi [5], 12 km north of Boa Vista [6], Rio Branco [7]." captionText-3="Figure 8: Two views of the habitat where both Rhopalurus pintoi and Rhopalurus crassicauda occur at Rupununi (copyright by Hans-Werner Auer)." captionText-4="Figure 9: View of the microhabitat where both Rhopalurus pintoi and Rhopalurus crassicauda occur at Rupununi (copyright by Hans-Werner Auer)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673319" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673323" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673325" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673329" figureDoi-4="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673331" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/4673319/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/4673323/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/4673325/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/4673329/files/figure.png" httpUri-4="https://zenodo.org/record/4673331/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">Figures 5–9</figureCitation>
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, figs. 1–3;
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, 98–100, 110–111, figs. 214–224;
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.
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<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFEDFFC6FC809E01FBA8F88E" box="[830,1136,1860,1884]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">Rhopalurus laticauda pintoi</emphasis>
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, 115, 117–119, 121, 134–138; figs. 39–46, 78, table I (misidentification); Fet & Lowe, 2000: 220–221 (misidentification).
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<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFEEFFC5FF7E9E6AFEFFF894" bold="true" box="[192,295,1839,1862]" pageId="10" pageNumber="9">Figure 5:</emphasis>
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Adult syntypes of
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male, entire dorsal view;
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male, entire ventral view;
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female, entire dorsal view;
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female, entire ventral view;
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original Caporiacco's label, plus additional label by Kovařík.
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<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFEFFFC4FF7E9D3AFEF0FB44" bold="true" box="[192,296,1151,1174]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Figure 6:</emphasis>
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from Rupununi: two adult female topotypes, still alive in captivity.
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<specimenCount id="F19EFD70FFEFFFC4FE2A9C58FE64FAE6" box="[404,444,1309,1332]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="male">♂♂</specimenCount>
|
||
and
|
||
<specimenCount id="F19EFD70FFEFFFC4FE4D9C58FDE4FAE6" box="[499,572,1309,1332]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="adult">1 adult</specimenCount>
|
||
<specimenCount id="F19EFD70FFEFFFC4FDF99C58FD83FAE6" box="[583,603,1309,1332]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
|
||
<typeStatus id="3823885BFFEFFFC4FDDC9C58FD67FAE6" box="[610,703,1309,1332]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode id="8189AE3CFFEFFFC4FD719C58FCC3FAE6" box="[719,795,1309,1332]" country="Italy" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mvk4-k796" name="Museo Zoologico La Specola, Universita di Firenze" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">MZUF</collectionCode>
|
||
, indirectly examined; see Remarks and
|
||
<figureCitation id="7FA32A7CFFEFFFC4FDD39C79FD6AFA81" box="[621,690,1340,1363]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="8.[192,268,1926,1949]" captionTargetBox="[191,1408,167,1897]" captionTargetId="figure-8@8.[192,1407,168,1896]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 4: Juvenile female Rhopalurus pintoi from Rupununi, still alive in captivity." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673315" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4673315/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
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||
):
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||
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||
,
|
||
<location id="E2476022FFEFFFC4FF7E9C1EFEF4FAA0" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6F3187EFFFEDFFC3FCCF9F2CFB42F8A4:E2476022FFEFFFC4FF7E9C1EFEF4FAA0" box="[192,300,1371,1394]" country="Guyana" county="Beccari" municipality="Campo" name="Rupununi" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Rupununi</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="0743AC83FFEFFFC4FE859C1EFE50FAA0" box="[315,392,1371,1394]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Campo</collectingMunicipality>
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<collectionCode id="8189AE3CFFEFFFC4FE2D9C1EFE7EFAA0" box="[403,422,1371,1394]" country="Canada" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13946" name="Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="Museum">V</collectionCode>
|
||
(near the river),
|
||
<date id="93261039FFEFFFC4FDD49C1EFCC3FAA0" box="[618,795,1371,1394]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" value="1931-11">
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<collectingDate id="8362E9D1FFEFFFC4FDD49C1EFCC3FAA0" box="[618,795,1371,1394]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" value="1931-11">November 1931</collectingDate>
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||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCounty id="0E464E75FFEFFFC4FF7E9C3CFECDFA42" box="[192,277,1401,1424]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Beccari</collectingCounty>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="AF826572FFEFFFC4FF7E9CF2FC41FB25" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="E72736F9FFEFFFC4FF7E9CF2FC41FB25" blockId="11.[191,802,1463,1915]" lastBlockId="11.[830,1440,1217,1271]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">
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||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFEFFFC4FF7E9CF2FEF6FA1C" bold="true" box="[192,302,1463,1486]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Diagnosis</emphasis>
|
||
: species of moderately small size (males
|
||
<quantity id="20609B1CFFEFFFC4FF7E9C90FEEAFA3E" box="[192,306,1493,1516]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.25" metricValueMax="4.5" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" unit="mm" value="42.5" valueMax="45.0" valueMin="40.0">40–45 mm</quantity>
|
||
, females
|
||
<quantity id="20609B1CFFEFFFC4FE269C90FDD2FA3E" box="[408,522,1493,1516]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.75" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="4.5" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" unit="mm" value="47.5" valueMax="50.0" valueMin="45.0">45–50 mm</quantity>
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||
) for the genus. Body light brown, densely infuscate on carapace, tergites I–VI, pedipalp fingers, metasomal segment V and telson; metasoma ventrally with a wide and solid blackish stripe. Pedipalp chelae robust in both sexes, more conspicuously in males; fingers without basal lobe/notch combination, but with moderate scallop in adult males; fingers with eight principal rows of granules, flanked by a few supernumerary granules. Sternite III and pectines with stridulatory apparatus slightly reduced; sternite V with a vestigial smooth patch in males. Metasoma distally incrassate on both sexes, much more conspicuously in males; telson vesicle small, subaculear tubercle moderate, spinoid and far removed from the base of aculeus. Pectines with 24–25 teeth in males, and
|
||
<quantity id="20609B1CFFEFFFC4FAFD9D84FA78FB0A" box="[1347,1440,1217,1240]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.334" metricValueMax="5.588" metricValueMin="5.08" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" unit="in" value="21.0" valueMax="22.0" valueMin="20.0">20–22 in</quantity>
|
||
females.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="AF826572FFEFFFC4FC809C58FA9AF8A9" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="E72736F9FFEFFFC4FC809C58FB6AFA3E" blockId="11.[830,1440,1309,1516]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">
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||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFEFFFC4FC809C58FC1CFAE6" bold="true" box="[830,964,1309,1332]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Distribution</emphasis>
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||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="7FA32A7CFFEFFFC4FC6A9C58FBCFFAE6" box="[980,1047,1309,1332]" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="12.[192,268,1158,1181]" captionTargetBox="[191,1440,191,1128]" captionTargetId="figure-8@12.[192,1439,192,1127]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Figure 7: Geographical distribution of Rhopalurus pintoi (1–5) and Rhopalurus crassicauda (5–7): Tepequén [1], Surumu [2], Rio Surumu [3], Rio Tacutú [4], Rupununi [5], 12 km north of Boa Vista [6], Rio Branco [7]." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673325" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4673325/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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||
): this species appears to be endemic the Rupununi region comprising the border region of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="9F8F7669FFEFFFC4FC809C1EFC5AFAA0" box="[830,898,1371,1394]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Brazil</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="9F8F7669FFEFFFC4FC2D9C1EFC31FAA0" box="[915,1001,1371,1394]" name="Guyana" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Guyana</collectingCountry>
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||
, and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="9F8F7669FFEFFFC4FB929C1EFB78FAA0" box="[1068,1184,1371,1394]" name="Venezuela" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Specimens have been collected only from two localities in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="9F8F7669FFEFFFC4FB609C3CFAC7FA42" box="[1246,1311,1401,1424]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Brazil</collectingCountry>
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||
and one in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="9F8F7669FFEFFFC4FC809CDDFC49FA7D" box="[830,913,1432,1455]" name="Guyana" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Guyana</collectingCountry>
|
||
, but it is probably present also in neighboring
|
||
<collectingCountry id="9F8F7669FFEFFFC4FC809CF2FC77FA1C" box="[830,943,1463,1486]" name="Venezuela" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
|
||
(southern
|
||
<collectingRegion id="255CF81BFFEFFFC4FB879CF2FB0CFA1C" box="[1081,1236,1463,1486]" country="Venezuela" name="Bolivar" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Bolivar State</collectingRegion>
|
||
), where there is similar potentially suitable habitat.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="E72736F9FFEFFFC4FC809F56FBB4F8D2" blockId="11.[830,1441,1555,1792]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFEFFFC4FC809F56FC25F9F8" bold="true" box="[830,1021,1555,1578]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Ecological notes</emphasis>
|
||
: this species lives together with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFEFFFC4FA379F56FCA5F99A" authorityName="Mello-Leitao" authorityYear="1932" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pintoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFEFFFC4FA379F56FCA5F99A" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">R. pintoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but according to the personal notes of the collector at least at Rupununi both species appear to avoid interspecific competition by habitat segregation:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFEFFFC4FA379F2AFC67F977" authorityName="Caporiacco" authorityYear="1947" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFEFFFC4FA379F2AFC67F977" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">R. crassicauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is very common in the open grasslands where it mostly hides inside soil crevices, but only one specimen was found in the relict forested patches to which
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFEFFFC4FC389FACFC3AF8D2" authorityName="Mello-Leitao" authorityYear="1932" box="[902,994,1769,1792]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pintoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFEFFFC4FC389FACFC3AF8D2" box="[902,994,1769,1792]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">R. pintoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is restricted.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="E72736F9FFEFFFC4FC809E63FA9AF8A9" blockId="11.[830,1440,1830,1915]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">
|
||
<materialsCitation id="57F03CA4FFEFFFC4FC809E63FAE6F8A9" collectingDate="2008-03" collectionCode="RTO, AKT" collectorName="H. - W. Auer" country="Guyana" location="Southwestern" municipality="Rupununi" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-adult="3" specimenCount-female="2">
|
||
MATERIAL EXAMINED:
|
||
<collectingCountry id="9F8F7669FFEFFFC4FB2A9E63FB32F8EF" box="[1172,1258,1830,1853]" name="Guyana" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Guyana</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="E2476022FFEFFFC4FAB69E63FA41F8EF" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6F3187EFFFEDFFC3FCCF9F2CFB42F8A4:E2476022FFEFFFC4FAB69E63FA41F8EF" box="[1288,1433,1830,1853]" country="Guyana" municipality="Rupununi" name="Southwestern" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Southwestern</location>
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||
,
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="0743AC83FFEFFFC4FC809E00FC72F88E" box="[830,938,1861,1884]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Rupununi</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="93261039FFEFFFC4FC099E00FBE0F88E" box="[951,1080,1861,1884]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" value="2008-03">
|
||
<collectingDate id="8362E9D1FFEFFFC4FC099E00FBE0F88E" box="[951,1080,1861,1884]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" value="2008-03">March 2008</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="4A6D532FFFEFFFC4FBF99E00FB1FF88E" box="[1095,1223,1861,1884]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">H.-W. Auer</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCount id="F19EFD70FFEFFFC4FB6B9E00FAF8F88E" box="[1237,1312,1861,1884]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="adult">1 adult</specimenCount>
|
||
<specimenCount id="F19EFD70FFEFFFC4FA969E00FAE4F88E" box="[1320,1340,1861,1884]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
|
||
topotype (
|
||
<collectionCode id="8189AE3CFFEFFFC4FCF99E21FCA4F8A9" box="[839,892,1892,1915]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">RTO</collectionCode>
|
||
: Sco.0384),
|
||
<specimenCount id="F19EFD70FFEFFFC4FBBB9E21FB97F8A9" box="[1029,1103,1892,1915]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="adult">2 adult</specimenCount>
|
||
<specimenCount id="F19EFD70FFEFFFC4FBEB9E21FBA5F8A9" box="[1109,1149,1892,1915]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10" type="female">♀♀</specimenCount>
|
||
topotypes (
|
||
<collectionCode id="8189AE3CFFEFFFC4FB449E21FAEEF8A9" box="[1274,1334,1892,1915]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">AKT</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="B3E76671FFE8FFC3FF7E9DC3FB9AFB67" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673325" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4673325" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4673325/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" startId="12.[192,268,1158,1181]" targetBox="[191,1440,191,1128]" targetPageId="12">
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||
<paragraph id="E72736F9FFE8FFC3FF7E9DC3FB9AFB67" blockId="12.[192,1440,1158,1205]" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FF7E9DC3FEF3FB4F" bold="true" box="[192,299,1158,1181]" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Figure 7:</emphasis>
|
||
Geographical distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FDF39DC2FD24FB4E" authorityName="Mello-Leitao" authorityYear="1932" box="[589,764,1159,1180]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pintoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FDF39DC2FD24FB4E" box="[589,764,1159,1180]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Rhopalurus pintoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(1–5) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FCD79DC2FB8BFB4E" authorityName="Caporiacco" authorityYear="1947" box="[873,1107,1159,1180]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FCD79DC2FB8BFB4E" box="[873,1107,1159,1180]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Rhopalurus crassicauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(5–7): Tepequén [1], Surumu [2], Rio Surumu [3], Rio Tacutú [4], Rupununi [5], 12 km north of Boa Vista [6], Rio Branco [7].
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="AF826572FFE8FFC3FF4E9D9EFB42F8A4" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="E72736F9FFE8FFC3FF4E9D9EFDC0F9F7" blockId="12.[192,803,1243,1910]" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FF4E9D9EFE8AFB20" bold="true" box="[240,338,1243,1266]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Remarks</emphasis>
|
||
: The Brazilian female specimen illustrated as an adult twice by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="83094B08FFE8FFC3FE1F9DBFFD89FAC3" author="LOURENCO" box="[417,593,1274,1297]" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" pagination="107 - 141" refId="ref5851" refString="LOURENCO, W. R. 1982. Revision du genre Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Revue Arachnologique, 4: 107 - 141." type="journal article" year="1982">Lourenço (1982</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: figs. 27–28; 2000: fig. 215) is in fact a juvenile, which is evident from its slender pedipalp chelae (i.e., compare these pictures to
|
||
<figureCitation id="7FA32A7CFFE8FFC3FF7E9C13FE94FABF" box="[192,332,1366,1389]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="10.[192,268,1839,1862]" captionTargetBox="[196,1476,199,1749]" captionTargetId="figure-8@10.[179,1504,184,1784]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 5: Adult syntypes of Rhopalurus crassicauda (copyright by František Kovařík): a) male, entire dorsal view;b) male,entire ventral view; c) female, entire dorsal view; d) female, entire ventral view; e) original Caporiacco's label, plus additional label by Kovařík." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673319" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4673319/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Figures 5c–d</figureCitation>
|
||
of the present paper). We could not obtain the types of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FEF99C31FE3EFA5E" authorityName="Caporiacco" authorityYear="1947" box="[327,486,1396,1420]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FEF99C31FE3EFA5E" box="[327,486,1396,1420]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. crassicauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for the present study, but we were fortunate to get three adult topotypes and also to receive a great help from František Kovařík, who personally examined two
|
||
<typeStatus id="3823885BFFE8FFC3FE5C9C95FDE7FA35" box="[482,575,1488,1511]" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
in 1998 and kindly provided us with high–resolution color photos of both specimens and its original label.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="E72736F9FFE8FFC3FF4E9F69FB42F8A4" blockId="12.[192,803,1243,1910]" lastBlockId="12.[829,1441,1243,1910]" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">
|
||
The identity of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FE279F69FDEFF996" authorityName="Caporiacco" authorityYear="1947" box="[409,567,1580,1604]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FE279F69FDEFF996" box="[409,567,1580,1604]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. crassicauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
cannot be considered as fully clarified yet. It was regarded as a junior synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FF5C9F2FFEB3F953" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" box="[226,363,1641,1665]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FF5C9F2FFEB3F953" box="[226,363,1641,1665]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. laticauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="83094B08FFE8FFC3FE239F2FFD81F953" author="LOURENCO" box="[413,601,1642,1665]" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" pagination="107 - 141" refId="ref5851" refString="LOURENCO, W. R. 1982. Revision du genre Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Revue Arachnologique, 4: 107 - 141." type="journal article" year="1982">Lourenço (1982)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, still retaining its validity at subspecific rank under the incorrectly applied name
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FEB69FE2FE05F96C" authorityName=": Lourenco" authorityYear="1982" box="[264,477,1702,1726]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="laticauda" subSpecies="pintoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FEB69FE2FE05F96C" box="[264,477,1702,1726]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. laticauda pintoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(see above). Here we have demonstrated that Lourenço's previous interpretation of
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<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FF7E9FA1FEF9F929" authorityName="Mello-Leitao" authorityYear="1932" box="[192,289,1764,1787]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pintoi">
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<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FF7E9FA1FEF9F929" box="[192,289,1764,1787]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. pintoi</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
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was erroneous, and that it is a valid species totally different from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FE0E9E46FD96F8C8" authorityName="Caporiacco" authorityYear="1947" box="[432,590,1794,1818]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FE0E9E46FD96F8C8" box="[432,590,1794,1818]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. crassicauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(see above), but in turn,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FF469E67FE4EF8EB" authorityName="Caporiacco" authorityYear="1947" box="[248,406,1825,1849]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FF469E67FE4EF8EB" box="[248,406,1825,1849]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. crassicauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is virtually indistinguishable from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FCB49E67FEFDF88A" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FCB49E67FEFDF88A" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. laticauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(see its updated diagnosis in Teruel & Roncallo, 2008). This strongly suggests that both taxa may indeed be conspecific, but we refrain from proposing the formal synonymy here because adequate samples of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FCFF9C5DFC1CFAE2" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" box="[833,964,1304,1328]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FCFF9C5DFC1CFAE2" box="[833,964,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. laticauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are still unavailable to us. In addition, the known distribution of both taxa still appears allopatric, with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FCC09C13FBD2FABF" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" box="[894,1034,1365,1389]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FCC09C13FBD2FABF" box="[894,1034,1365,1389]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. laticauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the Orinoquian Llanos and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FA379C13FC67FA5E" authorityName="Caporiacco" authorityYear="1947" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FA379C13FC67FA5E" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. crassicauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the northern reaches of the Amazon basin. Nevertheless, this apparent allopatry requires rigorous confirmation because it may only reflect poor and/or inadequate sampling in the intervening lowland areas, which otherwise seem to lack any real geographic barrier for scorpion dispersal. These areas are covered mainly by seasonally inundated forests, but other species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FC809F0FFC63F9B0" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" box="[830,955,1610,1634]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FC809F0FFC63F9B0" box="[830,955,1610,1634]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Rhopalurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are known to be well adapted to similar habitats and escape from flooding by readily climbing onto the vegetation, as does the Cuban endemic
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FA379FCDFC48F96C" baseAuthorityName="Herbst" baseAuthorityYear="1800" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="junceus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FA379FCDFC48F96C" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. junceus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the extensive swamps of Zapata, Cauto and north–central
|
||
<collectingRegion id="255CF81BFFE8FFC3FC699F83FB91F90F" box="[983,1097,1734,1757]" country="Cuba" name="Camaguey" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Camagüey</collectingRegion>
|
||
(R. Teruel, unpublished data); even this same strategy has also been described for other terrestrial arachnids of the Amazon basin such as schizomids (Cokendolpher & Reddell, 2000). For the moment, we retain
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20984D7AFFE8FFC3FBA69E05FB63F88A" authorityName="Caporiacco" authorityYear="1947" box="[1048,1211,1856,1880]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicauda">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECEAEBFFE8FFC3FBA69E05FB63F88A" box="[1048,1211,1856,1880]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">R. crassicauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as valid but its true identity warrants further studies.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |