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<figureCitation id="9FF740C4FFADB133388FCFC0B2416A71" box="[239,285,1004,1028]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="34.[109,151,1628,1649]" captionTargetBox="[208,1116,224,1599]" captionTargetId="figure@34.[109,1212,224,1599]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIG. 16. Rhopalurusinae Bücherl, 1971, carapace, dorsal aspect. A. Physoctonus debilis (C.L. Koch, 1840), ♀ (MZSP). B. Physoctonus striatus, sp. nov., paratype ♂ (MZSP). C. Rhopalurus caribensis Teruel and Roncallo, 2008, ♂ (AMNH). D. Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876, ♂ (AMNH), Laguna Canaima, Venezuela. E. Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876, ♂ (AMNH), Guatire, Venezuela. F. Rhopalurus ochoai, sp. nov., holotype ♂ (AMNH). Scale bars = 1 mm (A, B), 2 mm (CF)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/851414/files/figure.png" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">
<figureCitation id="9FF740C4FFADB133388FCFC0B2566A71" box="[239,266,1004,1028]" captionStart="FIG. 16" captionStartId="34.[109,151,1628,1649]" captionTargetBox="[208,1116,224,1599]" captionTargetId="figure@34.[109,1212,224,1599]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIG. 16. Rhopalurusinae Bücherl, 1971, carapace, dorsal aspect. A. Physoctonus debilis (C. L. Koch, 1840), ♀ (MZSP). B. Physoctonus striatus, sp. nov., paratype ♂ (MZSP). C. Rhopalurus caribensis Teruel and Roncallo, 2008, ♂ (AMNH). D. Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876, ♂ (AMNH), Laguna Canaima, Venezuela. E. Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876, ♂ (AMNH), Guatire, Venezuela. F. Rhopalurus ochoai, sp. nov., holotype ♂ (AMNH). Scale bars = 1 mm (A, B), 2 mm (C F)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/851414/files/figure.png" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">16</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="9FF740C4FFADB13339BBCFC0B1776A71" box="[475,555,1004,1028]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="47.[107,149,1521,1542]" captionTargetBox="[107,1211,228,1487]" captionTargetId="figure@47.[107,1211,228,1493]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="FIG. 24. Rhopalurusinae Bücherl, 1971, hemispermatophores, dorsal aspect (E), dorsal aspect, detail (B, H, M, P), ectal aspect (F, I, N, S), ectal aspect, detail (D, J, R, T, U), ental aspect (A, G, K, O), and ental aspect, detail (C, L, Q). AD. Jaguajir pintoi (Mello-Leitão, 1932), comb. nov., ♂ (MZSP). EH. Jaguajir rochae (Borelli, 1910), comb. nov., ♂ (MZSP). IM. Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876, ♂ (MZSP). NR. Rhopalurus caribensis Teruel and Roncallo, 2008, ♂ (MZSP). SU. Physoctonus debilis (C.L. Koch, 1840), ♂ (MZSP). Scale bars = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/851430/files/figure.png" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">24NR</figureCitation>
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, 108, 113, 115, 133138, figs. 12, 13, 78,
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(misidentification: specimens from Magdalena); 1991a: 282; fig. 5 (misidentification: specimens from Magdalena);
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB13339B9C8E3B3E96B7F" author="Florez" firstAuthor="Florez" journalOrPublisher="Biota Colombiana" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="25 - 30" part="2" refId="ref65516" refString="Florez, E. 2001. Escorpiones de la familia Buthidae (Chelicerata: Scorpiones) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (1): 25 - 30." title="Escorpiones de la familia Buthidae (Chelicerata: Scorpiones) de Colombia" type="journal article" year="2001">Flórez, 2001: 28</bibRefCitation>
(misidentification: records from Magdalena and La Guajira);
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB13339E5C938B2D96B3A" author="Botero-Trujillo and Fagua" firstAuthor="Botero-Trujillo" journalOrPublisher="Revista Iberica de Aracnologia" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="129 - 134" part="14" refId="ref64477" refString="Botero-Trujillo, R., and G. Fagua. 2007. Additions to the knowledge of the geographical distribution of some Colombian scorpions (Buthidae: Ananteris, Rhopalurus, Tityus). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia 14: 129 - 134." title="Additions to the knowledge of the geographical distribution of some Colombian scorpions (Buthidae: Ananteris, Rhopalurus, Tityus)" type="journal article" year="2007">Botero-Trujillo and Fagua, 2007: 129131</bibRefCitation>
, 133, figs. 46 (misidentification: specimen from Atlántico and records from Magdalena and La Guajira;
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB13338FBC9B3B2926BC2" author="Teruel and Roncallo" box="[155,462,1439,1463]" firstAuthor="Teruel" journalOrPublisher="Euscorpius" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="1 - 34" part="61" refId="ref71865" refString="Teruel, R., and C. A. Roncallo. 2007. A new species of Tarsoporosus Francke, 1978 (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae: Diplocentrinae) from northeastern Colombia. Euscorpius 61: 1 - 34." title="A new species of Tarsoporosus Francke, 1978 (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae: Diplocentrinae) from northeastern Colombia" type="journal article" year="2007">Teruel and Roncallo, 2007: 6</bibRefCitation>
(misidentification: record from La Guajira);
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB1333984C9EEB13A6BAF" author="Florez" box="[484,614,1474,1498]" firstAuthor="Florez" journalOrPublisher="Revista Colombiana de Entomologia" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="365 - 367" part="38" refId="ref65546" refString="Florez, E. 2012. Rhopalurus caribensis is a synonym of Rhopalurus laticauda (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revista Colombiana de Entomologia 38 (2): 365 - 367." title="Rhopalurus caribensis is a synonym of Rhopalurus laticauda (Scorpiones, Buthidae)" type="journal article" year="2012">Flórez, 2012</bibRefCitation>
(part): 1, 2, figs. 1, 2,
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="07735C41FFADB133380BCA2BB2E168B8" blockId="103.[107,633,1092,1741]" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">
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<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB133380BCA2BB20D686A" box="[107,337,1543,1567]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">Rhopalurus caribensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB1333939CA2BB38C6837" author="Teruel and Roncallo" firstAuthor="Teruel" journalOrPublisher="Euscorpius" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="1 - 12" part="68" refId="ref71905" refString="Teruel, R., and C. A. Roncallo. 2008. Rare or poorly known scorpions from Colombia. III. On the taxonomy and distribution of Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with description of a new species of the genus. Euscorpius 68: 1 - 12." title="Rare or poorly known scorpions from Colombia. III. On the taxonomy and distribution of Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with description of a new species of the genus" type="journal article" year="2008">Teruel and Roncallo, 2008: 311</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, figs. 17,
<tableCitation id="4A4E69FAFFADB1333923CA06B2C86837" box="[323,404,1578,1602]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="6.[609,689,226,250]" captionTargetBox="[115,1198,353,998]" captionText="TABLE 1 Revised classification of the New World buthid Subfamily Rhopalurusinae Bücherl, 1971 (excluding Centruroides Marx, 1890), with countries of distribution." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/53B30CC9FFCCB1523A01CCCEB0B66F30" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" tableUuid="53B30CC9FFCCB1523A01CCCEB0B66F30">tables 1</tableCitation>
,
<tableCitation id="4A4E69FAFFADB13339C1CA06B2F36837" box="[417,431,1578,1602]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="7.[610,690,228,252]" captionTargetBox="[235,1058,354,747]" captionText="TABLE 2 Diploid chromosome numbers (2 n) for Brazilian species of Rhopalurusinae from Ubinski et al., (2016) with corresponding genera indicated." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/53B30CC9FFCDB1533A02CCC8B0866F32" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" tableUuid="53B30CC9FFCDB1533A02CCC8B0866F32">2</tableCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB13339DBCA06B3F56811" author="Lourenco" firstAuthor="Lourenco" journalOrPublisher="Euscorpius" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="1 - 14" part="73" refId="ref68250" refString="Lourenco, W. R. 2008. The geographic pattern of distribution of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 in the Guayana-Amazon region (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 73: 1 - 14." title="The geographic pattern of distribution of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 in the Guayana-Amazon region (Scorpiones: Buthidae)" type="journal article" year="2008">Lourenço, 2008: 5</bibRefCitation>
, 7, fig. 4;
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB1333971CA60B17C6810" author="Prendini" box="[273,544,1612,1637]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Prendini" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="206 - 224" part="37" refId="ref70522" refString="Prendini, L., L. A. Esposito, J. Huff, and E. S. Volschenk. 2009. Redescription of Rhopalurus abudi (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with first description of the male and first record from mainland Hispaniola. Journal of Arachnology 37: 206 - 224." title="Redescription of Rhopalurus abudi (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with first description of the male and first record from mainland Hispaniola" type="journal article" year="2009">Prendini et al., 2009: 222</bibRefCitation>
, 223;
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB13338FBCA43B2B668F2" author="Teruel and Roncallo" box="[155,490,1647,1671]" firstAuthor="Teruel" journalOrPublisher="Euscorpius" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="1 - 15" part="105" refId="ref71963" refString="Teruel, R., and C. A. Roncallo. 2010. Rare or poorly known scorpions from Colombia. IV. Additions, synonymies and new records (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae). Euscorpius 105: 1 - 15." title="Rare or poorly known scorpions from Colombia. IV. Additions, synonymies and new records (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae)" type="journal article" year="2010">Teruel and Roncallo, 2010: 24</bibRefCitation>
, 11, figs. 2, 11 (part),
<tableCitation id="4A4E69FAFFADB1333967CABEB21368DF" box="[263,335,1682,1706]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="6.[609,689,226,250]" captionTargetBox="[115,1198,353,998]" captionText="TABLE 1 Revised classification of the New World buthid Subfamily Rhopalurusinae Bücherl, 1971 (excluding Centruroides Marx, 1890), with countries of distribution." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/53B30CC9FFCCB1523A01CCCEB0B66F30" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" tableUuid="53B30CC9FFCCB1523A01CCCEB0B66F30">table 1</tableCitation>
; 2013: 112, 113,
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,
<tableCitation id="4A4E69FAFFADB1333A02CABEB12C68DF" box="[610,624,1682,1706]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="7.[610,690,228,252]" captionTargetBox="[235,1058,354,747]" captionText="TABLE 2 Diploid chromosome numbers (2 n) for Brazilian species of Rhopalurusinae from Ubinski et al., (2016) with corresponding genera indicated." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/53B30CC9FFCDB1533A02CCC8B0866F32" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" tableUuid="53B30CC9FFCDB1533A02CCC8B0866F32">2</tableCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB13338FBCA98B2E568B8" author="Teruel and Cozijn" box="[155,441,1716,1741]" firstAuthor="Teruel" journalOrPublisher="Euscorpius" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="1 - 6" part="179" refId="ref71749" refString="Teruel, R., and M. A. C. Cozijn. 2013. On the distribution of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the southern Caribbean islands. Euscorpius 179: 1 - 6." title="On the distribution of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the southern Caribbean islands" type="journal article" year="2013">Teruel and Cozijn, 2013: 2</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="4FD60FCAFFADB1333AACCCC9B7126F91" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="07735C41FFADB1333AACCCC9B7126F91" blockId="103.[684,1214,228,1740]" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">
TYPE MATERIAL:
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333BFACCC8B7686E89" bold="true" box="[922,1076,228,252]" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">COLOMBIA:</emphasis>
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333C20CCC9B1BB6F68" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">La Guajira Dept.</emphasis>
: Holotype ♂ (RTO Sco.0358), Riohacha, Barrio “Adelaida,” 18.xii.2006, C.A. Roncallo. Paratypes: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv. ♂ (RTO Sco.0359), Riohacha, Colegio “Sagrado Corazón,” km 1 via Maicao, 27.xi.2006, C.A. Roncallo; 1 ♀, 1 juv. ♂ (RTO Sco.0373), Serranía de Macuira, 3 km W of Nazareth, 14.vii.2007, J. Echavarría.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="4FD60FCAFFADB1333AACCDC1B7E16B15" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="07735C41FFADB1333AACCDC1B7E16B15" blockId="103.[684,1214,228,1740]" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">
DIAGNOSIS:
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<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333B3DCDC1B7046C70" box="[861,1112,493,517]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">Rhopalurus caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most closely related to
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333B0DCE23B08D6C53" authority="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; CLOSE Lorenzo Prendini Scorpion Systematics Research Group, 2017" authorityName="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; Lorenzo Prendini" authorityYear="2017" box="[877,977,526,550]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochoai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333B0DCE23B08D6C53" box="[877,977,526,550]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. ochoai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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It resembles
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333ACCCE1CB0536C32" authorityName="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; Lorenzo Prendini" authorityYear="2017" box="[684,783,559,583]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochoai">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333ACCCE1CB0536C32" box="[684,783,559,583]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. ochoai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and typical populations of
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333C5CCE1CB7E16C32" authorityName=": Lourenco" authorityYear="1982" box="[1084,1213,559,583]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333C5CCE1CB7E16C32" box="[1084,1213,559,583]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the northwestern part of the distribution in its predominantly pale yellow-tan color, with light infuscation on the carapace and mesosoma, and metasoma V and telson slightly darker than the preceding segments. However,
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333C53CEF9B7E16C99" authorityName="Teruel and Roncallo" authorityYear="2008" box="[1075,1213,724,748]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caribensis">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333C53CEF9B7E16C99" box="[1075,1213,724,748]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be consistently differentiated from
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333C0FCEDAB1B16D5B" authorityName=": Lourenco" authorityYear="1982" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333C0FCEDAB1B16D5B" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333B46CF3BB0D66D5B" authorityName="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; Lorenzo Prendini" authorityYear="2017" box="[806,906,790,814]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochoai">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333B46CF3BB0D66D5B" box="[806,906,790,814]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. ochoai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the color pattern on the ventral surface of the metasoma. Whereas
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333CC6CF14B0486D05" authorityName="Teruel and Roncallo" authorityYear="2008" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caribensis">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333CC6CF14B0486D05" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
displays three distinct, narrow stripes (a ventromedian stripe flanked on either side by a ventrosubmedian stripe) of pigmentation along the ventral surface, all three stripes are fused into a single, broad band of pigmentation (more pronounced in populations from the southeast of the distribution) in
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333BF0C80CB74A6A42" authorityName=": Lourenco" authorityYear="1982" box="[912,1046,1055,1079]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333BF0C80CB74A6A42" box="[912,1046,1055,1079]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and only two narrow ventrosubmedian stripes are present in
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333CC6C86DB1AF6A0C" authorityName="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; Lorenzo Prendini" authorityYear="2017" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochoai">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333CC6C86DB1AF6A0C" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. ochoai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. As with
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333B07C84EB08C6A0C" authorityName="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; Lorenzo Prendini" authorityYear="2017" box="[871,976,1121,1145]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochoai">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333B07C84EB08C6A0C" box="[871,976,1121,1145]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. ochoai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333B81C84EB7316A0C" authorityName="Teruel and Roncallo" authorityYear="2008" box="[993,1133,1121,1145]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caribensis">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333B81C84EB7316A0C" box="[993,1133,1121,1145]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs further from populations of
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333B8AC8AFB7316AEF" authorityName=": Lourenco" authorityYear="1982" box="[1002,1133,1154,1178]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333B8AC8AFB7316AEF" box="[1002,1133,1154,1178]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurring in the southeastern part of the distribution (previously referable to
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333BA0C8E9B7386AA9" authorityName="Lourenco" authorityYear="1986" box="[960,1124,1221,1244]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amazonicus">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333BA0C8E9B7386AA9" box="[960,1124,1221,1244]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. amazonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in the considerably paler mesosoma, metasoma V, and telson. Additionally, the subaculear tubercle of the telson is vestigial in
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333BDBC904B71E6B4A" authorityName="Teruel and Roncallo" authorityYear="2008" box="[955,1090,1319,1343]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caribensis">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333BDBC904B71E6B4A" box="[955,1090,1319,1343]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, small and blunt in
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333B66C965B0D96B15" authorityName=": Lourenco" authorityYear="1982" box="[774,901,1352,1376]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333B66C965B0D96B15" box="[774,901,1352,1376]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and subspinoid in
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333C36C965B7EB6B15" authorityName="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; Lorenzo Prendini" authorityYear="2017" box="[1110,1207,1352,1376]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochoai">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333C36C965B7EB6B15" box="[1110,1207,1352,1376]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. ochoai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4FD60FCAFFADB1333AACC946B0286873" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="07735C41FFADB1333AACC946B0286873" blockId="103.[684,1214,228,1740]" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">
ECOLOGY: Specimens for which data are available were collected with UV light detection at night in dry forest. The habitat and habitus are consistent with the lapidicolous ecomorphotype (
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFADB1333AD4C9C2B0066873" author="Prendini" box="[692,858,1518,1542]" firstAuthor="Prendini" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" pagination="173 - 188" part="29" refId="ref70328" refString="Prendini, L. 2001 a. Further additions to the scorpion fauna of Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Arachnology 29 (2): 173 - 188." title="Further additions to the scorpion fauna of Trinidad and Tobago" type="journal article" year="2001">Prendini, 2001</bibRefCitation>
b).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4FD60FCAFFADB1383AACCA23B20E6F2A" lastPageId="108" lastPageNumber="108" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="07735C41FFADB1383AACCA23B20E6F2A" blockId="103.[684,1214,228,1740]" lastBlockId="108.[107,637,228,1343]" lastPageId="108" lastPageNumber="108" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">
DISTRIBUTION: This species appears to be endemic to the Llanos of the Magdalena, Colombia, separated from the nearest populations of
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333CC7CA7EB05168FF" authorityName=": Lourenco" authorityYear="1982" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333CC7CA7EB05168FF" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFADB1333B22CA5FB0FE68FF" authority="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; CLOSE Lorenzo Prendini Scorpion Systematics Research Group, 2017" authorityName="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; Lorenzo Prendini" authorityYear="2017" box="[834,930,1650,1674]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochoai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFADB1333B22CA5FB0FE68FF" box="[834,930,1650,1674]" italics="true" pageId="103" pageNumber="103">R. ochoai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2E8B3D28FFADB1333BCECA5EB75C68FC" box="[942,1024,1650,1673]" pageId="103" pageNumber="103" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, by the Cordillera de Perijá (fig. 6). The known locality records occur in the Colombian departments of Atlántico, La Guajira, and Magdalena. Material reported from the Venezuelan state of Zulia (
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFA6B13839D5CD29B3A26F4B" author="Rojas-Runjaic and Becerra" firstAuthor="Rojas-Runjaic" journalOrPublisher="Boletin del Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" pagination="461 - 477" part="42" refId="ref70779" refString="Rojas-Runjaic, F. J. M., and A. C. Becerra. 2008. Diversidad y distribucion geografica de la escorpiofauna del estado Zulia, Venezuela. Boletin del Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo 42 (4): 461 - 477." title="Diversidad y distribucion geografica de la escorpiofauna del estado Zulia, Venezuela" type="journal article" year="2008">Rojas-Runjaic and Becerra, 2008</bibRefCitation>
;
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,
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) is referable to
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B138388ACD64B2106F2A" authorityName="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; Lorenzo Prendini" authorityYear="2017" box="[234,332,327,351]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochoai">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B138388ACD64B2106F2A" box="[234,332,327,351]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">R. ochoai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="07735C41FFA2B13C380CC999B1C16B9D" blockId="104.[108,1213,1459,1513]" pageId="104" pageNumber="104">
FIG. 57.
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<emphasis id="35B88053FFA2B13C38A6C99FB2FD6BBE" box="[198,417,1459,1483]" italics="true" pageId="104" pageNumber="104">Rhopalurus caribensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, habitus, dorsal (
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA2B13C3B08C99FB0C46BBE" bold="true" box="[872,920,1459,1483]" pageId="104" pageNumber="104">A, C</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA2B13C3C4DC998B7016BB9" bold="true" box="[1069,1117,1460,1484]" pageId="104" pageNumber="104">B, D</emphasis>
) aspects.
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA2B13C380CC9FDB3FD6B9C" bold="true" box="[108,161,1489,1513]" pageId="104" pageNumber="104">A, B.</emphasis>
♂ (AMNH).
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA2B13C3951C9FDB2346B9C" bold="true" box="[305,360,1489,1513]" pageId="104" pageNumber="104">C, D.</emphasis>
♀ (SMF). Scale bars = 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="53B30CC9FFA3B13D380CC9EEB0056B80" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/851498/files/figure.png" pageId="105" pageNumber="105" targetBox="[108,1212,224,1446]" targetPageId="105">
<paragraph id="07735C41FFA3B13D380CC9EEB0056B80" blockId="105.[108,1214,1472,1526]" pageId="105" pageNumber="105">
FIG. 58.
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA3B13D38A5C9EDB1776BAC" authority="Thorell, 1876" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" box="[197,555,1473,1497]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="105" pageNumber="105" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA3B13D38A5C9EDB2C06BAC" box="[197,412,1473,1497]" italics="true" pageId="105" pageNumber="105">Rhopalurus laticauda</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFA3B13D39C3C9EDB1776BAC" author="Thorell" box="[419,555,1473,1497]" firstAuthor="Thorell" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="105" pageNumber="105" pagination="1 - 15" part="4" refId="ref72155" refString="Thorell, T. 1876 a. On the classification of scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 (17): 1 - 15." title="On the classification of scorpions" type="journal article" year="1876">Thorell, 1876</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, Laguna Canaima, Venezuela, habitus, dorsal (
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA3B13D3C69C9EDB7666BAC" bold="true" box="[1033,1082,1473,1497]" pageId="105" pageNumber="105">A, C</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA3B13D3815C9F2B3F96B83" bold="true" box="[117,165,1502,1526]" pageId="105" pageNumber="105">B, D</emphasis>
) aspects.
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA3B13D396AC9F2B2636B83" bold="true" box="[266,319,1502,1526]" pageId="105" pageNumber="105">A, B.</emphasis>
♂ (AMNH).
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA3B13D39AEC9F2B1596B83" bold="true" box="[462,517,1502,1526]" pageId="105" pageNumber="105">C, D.</emphasis>
♀ (AMNH). Scale bars = 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="53B30CC9FFA0B13E380CC9EBB0056B8F" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/851500/files/figure.png" pageId="106" pageNumber="106" targetBox="[108,1212,224,1451]" targetPageId="106">
<paragraph id="07735C41FFA0B13E380CC9EBB0056B8F" blockId="106.[108,1212,1477,1531]" pageId="106" pageNumber="106">
FIG. 59.
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA0B13E38A5C9E9B1766BA8" authority="Thorell, 1876" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" box="[197,554,1477,1501]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="106" pageNumber="106" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA0B13E38A5C9E9B2C06BA8" box="[197,412,1477,1501]" italics="true" pageId="106" pageNumber="106">Rhopalurus laticauda</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFA0B13E39C2C9E9B1766BA8" author="Thorell" box="[418,554,1477,1501]" firstAuthor="Thorell" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="106" pageNumber="106" pagination="1 - 15" part="4" refId="ref72155" refString="Thorell, T. 1876 a. On the classification of scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 (17): 1 - 15." title="On the classification of scorpions" type="journal article" year="1876">Thorell, 1876</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, Puerto Colombia, Venezuela, habitus, dorsal (
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA0B13E3C69C9E9B7656BA8" bold="true" box="[1033,1081,1477,1501]" pageId="106" pageNumber="106">A, C</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA0B13E3815C9CFB3F96B8E" bold="true" box="[117,165,1507,1531]" pageId="106" pageNumber="106">B, D</emphasis>
) aspects.
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA0B13E396AC9CEB2636B8E" bold="true" box="[266,319,1506,1531]" pageId="106" pageNumber="106">A, B.</emphasis>
♂ (AMNH).
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA0B13E39AEC9CEB1596B8E" bold="true" box="[462,517,1506,1531]" pageId="106" pageNumber="106">C, D.</emphasis>
♀ (AMNH). Scale bars = 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="53B30CC9FFA1B13F380BC990B19D6B9A" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/851502/files/figure.png" pageId="107" pageNumber="107" targetBox="[109,1213,224,1439]" targetPageId="107">
<paragraph id="07735C41FFA1B13F380BC990B19D6B9A" blockId="107.[107,1213,1464,1520]" pageId="107" pageNumber="107">
FIG. 60.
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA1B13F38A8C996B2D96BA7" authority="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; CLOSE Lorenzo Prendini Scorpion Systematics Research Group, 2017" authorityName="Lauren A. Esposito &amp; Humberto Y. Yamaguti &amp; Cláudio A. Souza &amp; Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha &amp; Lorenzo Prendini" authorityYear="2017" box="[200,389,1466,1490]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="107" pageNumber="107" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochoai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA1B13F38A8C996B2D96BA7" box="[200,389,1466,1490]" italics="true" pageId="107" pageNumber="107">Rhopalurus ochoai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2E8B3D28FFA1B13F39F4C997B2B96BA7" box="[404,485,1467,1490]" pageId="107" pageNumber="107" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, habitus, dorsal (
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA1B13F3AFAC996B1906BA7" bold="true" box="[666,716,1466,1490]" pageId="107" pageNumber="107">A, C</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA1B13F3B05C997B0CB6BA6" bold="true" box="[869,919,1467,1491]" pageId="107" pageNumber="107">B, D</emphasis>
) aspects.
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA1B13F3C61C996B7646BA6" bold="true" box="[1025,1080,1466,1491]" pageId="107" pageNumber="107">A, B.</emphasis>
Holotype ♂ (AMNH).
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA1B13F38B7C9F4B2526B85" bold="true" box="[215,270,1496,1520]" pageId="107" pageNumber="107">C, D.</emphasis>
Paratype ♀ (AMNH). Scale bars = 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="4FD60FCAFFA6B13838EBCD45B27D6D5B" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="07735C41FFA6B13838EBCD45B27D6D5B" blockId="108.[107,637,228,1343]" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">
REMARKS: The status of
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B13839F0CD45B14A6FF5" authorityName="Teruel and Roncallo" authorityYear="2008" box="[400,534,360,384]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caribensis">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B13839F0CD45B14A6FF5" box="[400,534,360,384]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">R. caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been the subject of controversy.
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFA6B13839F0CDA6B11B6FD7" author="Lourenco" box="[400,583,394,418]" firstAuthor="Lourenco" journalOrPublisher="Euscorpius" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" pagination="1 - 14" part="73" refId="ref68250" refString="Lourenco, W. R. 2008. The geographic pattern of distribution of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 in the Guayana-Amazon region (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 73: 1 - 14." title="The geographic pattern of distribution of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 in the Guayana-Amazon region (Scorpiones: Buthidae)" type="journal article" year="2008">Lourenço (2008)</bibRefCitation>
suggested it is a morph of
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B1383904CD87B2B86FB7" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" box="[356,484,426,450]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B1383904CD87B2B86FB7" box="[356,484,426,450]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">R. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and might be more appropriately recognized as a subspecies thereof.
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFA6B13838A5CDC1B20A6C70" author="Florez" box="[197,342,493,517]" firstAuthor="Florez" journalOrPublisher="Revista Colombiana de Entomologia" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" pagination="365 - 367" part="38" refId="ref65546" refString="Florez, E. 2012. Rhopalurus caribensis is a synonym of Rhopalurus laticauda (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revista Colombiana de Entomologia 38 (2): 365 - 367." title="Rhopalurus caribensis is a synonym of Rhopalurus laticauda (Scorpiones, Buthidae)" type="journal article" year="2012">Flórez (2012)</bibRefCitation>
synonymized
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B1383996CDC1B1206C70" authorityName="Teruel and Roncallo" authorityYear="2008" box="[502,636,493,517]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caribensis">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B1383996CDC1B1206C70" box="[502,636,493,517]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">R. caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B13838C8CE23B26E6C53" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" box="[168,306,526,550]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B13838C8CE23B26E6C53" box="[168,306,526,550]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">R. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based in part on images of
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B138380BCE1CB3F26C32" authorityName="C.L.Koch" authorityYear="1836" box="[107,174,560,583]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Tityus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B138380BCE1CB3F26C32" box="[107,174,560,583]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">Tityus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
alleged to be
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B138393ECE1CB2B16C32" authorityName="Teruel and Roncallo" authorityYear="2008" box="[350,493,559,583]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caribensis">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B138393ECE1CB2B16C32" box="[350,493,559,583]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">R. caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="635D21B0FFA6B1383A60CE03B24B6C1D" author="Teruel and Roncallo" firstAuthor="Teruel" journalOrPublisher="Revista Iberica de Aracnologia" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" pagination="112 - 114" part="23" refId="ref72008" refString="Teruel, R., and C. A. Roncallo. 2013. Is Rhopalurus caribensis Teruel &amp; Roncallo, 2008, actually a junior synonym of Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)? A necessary reply. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia 23: 112 - 114." title="Is Rhopalurus caribensis Teruel &amp; Roncallo, 2008, actually a junior synonym of Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)? A necessary reply" type="journal article" year="2013">Teruel and Roncallo (2013)</bibRefCitation>
subsequently revalidated
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B1383A4ECE7DB3F76CFC" authorityName="Teruel and Roncallo" authorityYear="2008" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caribensis">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B1383A4ECE7DB3F76CFC" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">R. caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The analyses by Esposito et al. (in review) supported the validity of
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B13839E7CEBFB1536CDF" authorityName="Teruel and Roncallo" authorityYear="2008" box="[391,527,658,682]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caribensis">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B13839E7CEBFB1536CDF" box="[391,527,658,682]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">R. caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on genetic divergence from
<taxonomicName id="C0CC27C2FFA6B13839E8CE98B14C6CBE" authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1876" box="[392,528,691,715]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Rhopalurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B13839E8CE98B14C6CBE" box="[392,528,691,715]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">R. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(fig. 13). The two species are also morphologically diagnosable based on the character combinations described above.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4FD60FCAFFA6B13838EBCF1BB1216B4A" pageId="108" pageNumber="108" type="materials_examined">
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MATERIAL EXAMINED:
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<emphasis id="35B88053FFA6B1383A49CF1BB3BE6D05" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="108">Magdalena Dept.</emphasis>
: Município Santa Marta: Bahía de Guairaca, Tayrona Park, 31.x.1985, H.-G. Muller, 1 ♀ (SMF 37027); Corregimiento de Bonda, Vereda Girocasaca, Finca Guaipi, 11°130 5.5″N 74°0614.3″W, 173 m, 2124.viii.2014, J.A. Moreno and W. Galvis, nocturnal, manual collection with UV light, 1 ♂ (AMCC [LP 13167]), 1 subad. ♂ (AMNH); Finca Las Delicias, 80 m, 17.v.2008, J.A. Noriega, 1 ♂ (AMCC [LP 9341]); Pozo Colorado, 11 km W Santa Marta, 1830. iv.1968, B. Malkin, 1 ♀, 1 subad., 19 1
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(AMNH); Puente de Los Clavos, 15 km E Pueblo Bello, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 1500 m, 13.vi.1968, B. Malkin, 1 subad. ♂ (AMNH); Santa Marta, 29.vi31.vii.1966, 2 ♀ (SMF 39120).
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