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ETYMOLOGY. The generic epithet
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(masculine; constructed to rhyme with
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, a similar genus) is a patronym honoring Victor Fet (
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) in recognition of his many important contributions to the knowledge of scorpions and his generous support of many scorpiologists.
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is a very special genus for VF who published its first record from
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where he started his scorpiological career (
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). At the time, the only known specimen of
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(
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from
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was collected in 1972 by Yuri Gorelov (19332018), an outstanding naturalist, whose life and work in Central Asia (Badghyz Natural Reserve) has been an inspiration and role model for many young Russian zoologists, including VF.
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DIAGNOSIS.Adult size small, total length of subadult male
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arranged in b- configuration (non-refleX angle opening internally), patella
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d
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located between dorsomedian and dorsointernal carinae, chela manus
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in
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δ-configuration (non-refleX angle opening distally),
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-
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aXis slightly inclined internally,
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on distal manus (not fiXed finger), fiXed finger with
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situated near base of finger and distal to
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,
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at mid-finger and level with
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; dentate margins of pedipalp fingers straight, without lobe/ notch combination, equipped with 8 rows of median denticles arranged nearly linearly, non-imbricated, each flanked by a single eXternal and internal accessory granule; 5 subterminal granules. Legs I III with tibia and tarsi short, curved, flat, with setation modified into bristlecombs on basitarsi only, telotarsi with two rows of long setae on ventral surface; tibial spurs moderate, tarsal spurs well-developed.
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFC9C518B34C3EFFFF59F85D" bold="true" box="[113,232,2005,2027]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Figures 12</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFC9C518B3C93EFFFE2FF85D" box="[244,414,2005,2026]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Fetilinia dentator</emphasis>
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. et
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.
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.
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, subadult male holotype in dorsal (1) and ventral (2) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB1E439C7FC29FEB2" bold="true" box="[729,920,237,261]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Fetilinia dentator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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.
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.
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.
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.
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<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B341383FFEF7FE99" box="[124,326,277,302]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB341383FFEF1FE9A" bold="true" box="[124,320,277,301]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Dimensions (mm)</emphasis>
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<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E4383FFB81FE99" box="[729,1072,277,302]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">♂ subadult, holotype</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B764383FFA01FE99" box="[1113,1456,277,302]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">♀ juvenile, paratype</td>
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<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413810FA01FEE2" box="[124,1456,314,341]" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413810FEF7FEE2" box="[124,326,314,341]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Carapace</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113810FD20FEE2" box="[556,657,314,341]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43810FB81FEE2" box="[729,1072,314,341]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.41 / 3.03</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643810FA01FEE2" box="[1113,1456,314,341]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.46 / 3.18</td>
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<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B341384BFA01FECC" box="[124,1456,353,379]" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B341384BFEF7FECC" box="[124,326,353,379]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Mesosoma</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B111384BFD20FECC" box="[556,657,353,379]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E4384BFB81FECC" box="[729,1072,353,379]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">7.50</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B764384BFA01FECC" box="[1113,1456,353,379]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">7.56</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B34138A2FA01FE15" box="[124,1456,392,418]" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B34138A2FEF7FE15" box="[124,326,392,418]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Tergite VII</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B11138A2FD20FE15" box="[556,657,392,418]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E438A2FB81FE15" box="[729,1072,392,418]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.64 / 3.00</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B76438A2FA01FE15" box="[1113,1456,392,418]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.57 / 3.04</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413885FA01FE7E" box="[124,1456,431,457]" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413885FEF7FE7E" box="[124,326,431,457]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Metasoma + telson</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113885FD20FE7E" box="[556,657,431,457]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43885FB81FE7E" box="[729,1072,431,457]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">12.05</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643885FA01FE7E" box="[1113,1456,431,457]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">12.30</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B34138FFFA01FE58" box="[124,1456,469,495]" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B34138FFFEF7FE58" box="[124,326,469,495]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Segment I</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B11138FFFD20FE58" box="[556,657,469,495]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W / D</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E438FFFB81FE58" box="[729,1072,469,495]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.45 / 1.75 / 1.43</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B76438FFFA01FE58" box="[1113,1456,469,495]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.47 / 1.77 / 1.49</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B34138D6FA01FDA1" box="[124,1456,508,534]" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B34138D6FEF7FDA1" box="[124,326,508,534]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Segment II</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B11138D6FD20FDA1" box="[556,657,508,534]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W / D</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E438D6FB81FDA1" box="[729,1072,508,534]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.68 / 1.70 / 1.50</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B76438D6FA01FDA1" box="[1113,1456,508,534]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.73 / 1.73 / 1.50</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413B09FA01FD8A" box="[124,1456,547,573]" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413B09FEF7FD8A" box="[124,326,547,573]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Segment III</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113B09FD20FD8A" box="[556,657,547,573]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W / D</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43B09FB81FD8A" box="[729,1072,547,573]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.80 / 1.74 / 1.53</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643B09FA01FD8A" box="[1113,1456,547,573]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.88 / 1.74 / 1.55</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413B63FA01FDD3" box="[124,1456,585,612]" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413B63FEF7FDD3" box="[124,326,585,612]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Segment IV</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113B63FD20FDD3" box="[556,657,585,612]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W / D</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43B63FB81FDD3" box="[729,1072,585,612]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.23 / 1.73 / 1.42</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643B63FA01FDD3" box="[1113,1456,585,612]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.25 / 1.75 / 1.48</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413B5AFA01FD3D" box="[124,1456,624,650]" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413B5AFEF7FD3D" box="[124,326,624,650]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Segment V</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113B5AFD20FD3D" box="[556,657,624,650]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W / D</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43B5AFB81FD3D" box="[729,1072,624,650]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.51 / 1.67 / 1.15</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643B5AFA01FD3D" box="[1113,1456,624,650]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.60 / 1.68 / 1.20</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413BBDFA01FD06" box="[124,1456,663,689]" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413BBDFEF7FD06" box="[124,326,663,689]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Telson</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113BBDFD20FD06" box="[556,657,663,689]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W / D</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43BBDFB81FD06" box="[729,1072,663,689]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.38 / 0.96 / 0.73</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643BBDFA01FD06" box="[1113,1456,663,689]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.37 / 0.97 / 0.81</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413B94FA01FD6F" box="[124,1456,702,728]" gridrow="12" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413B94FEF7FD6F" box="[124,326,702,728]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Pedipalp</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113B94FD20FD6F" box="[556,657,702,728]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43B94FB81FD6F" box="[729,1072,702,728]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">6.60</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643B94FA01FD6F" box="[1113,1456,702,728]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">6.69</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413BCEFA01FD49" box="[124,1456,740,766]" gridrow="13" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413BCEFEF7FD49" box="[124,326,740,766]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Femur</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113BCEFD20FD49" box="[556,657,740,766]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43BCEFB81FD49" box="[729,1072,740,766]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.67 / 0.58</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643BCEFA01FD49" box="[1113,1456,740,766]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.74 / 0.62</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413A21FA01FC92" box="[124,1456,779,805]" gridrow="14" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413A21FEF7FC92" box="[124,326,779,805]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Patella</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113A21FD20FC92" box="[556,657,779,805]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L / W</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43A21FB81FC92" box="[729,1072,779,805]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.10 / 0.78</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643A21FA01FC92" box="[1113,1456,779,805]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.08 / 0.78</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413A18FA01FCFB" box="[124,1456,818,844]" gridrow="15" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413A18FEF7FCFB" box="[124,326,818,844]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Chela</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113A18FD20FCFB" box="[556,657,818,844]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43A18FB81FCFB" box="[729,1072,818,844]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.83</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643A18FA01FCFB" box="[1113,1456,818,844]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">2.87</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413A72FA01FCC4" box="[124,1456,856,883]" gridrow="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413A72FEF7FCC4" box="[124,326,856,883]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Manus</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113A72FD20FCC4" box="[556,657,856,883]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">W / D</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43A72FB81FCC4" box="[729,1072,856,883]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">0.56 / 0.54</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643A72FA01FCC4" box="[1113,1456,856,883]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">0.60 / 0.57</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413A55FA01FC2E" box="[124,1456,895,921]" gridrow="17" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413A55FEF7FC2E" box="[124,326,895,921]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Movable finger</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113A55FD20FC2E" box="[556,657,895,921]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43A55FB81FC2E" box="[729,1072,895,921]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.75</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643A55FA01FC2E" box="[1113,1456,895,921]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">1.85</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3550407DFFCE3AE4B3413A8FFA01FC77" box="[124,1456,933,960]" gridrow="18" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76812901FFCE3AE4B3413A8FFEF7FC77" box="[124,326,933,960]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Total</th>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1113A8FFD20FC77" box="[556,657,933,960]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">L</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B1E43A8FFB81FC77" box="[729,1072,933,960]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">21.96</td>
<td id="76812901FFCE3AE4B7643A8FFA01FC77" box="[1113,1456,933,960]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">22.32</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB34E3AFBFF0DFC51" bold="true" box="[115,188,977,998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Table 1</emphasis>
. Comparative measurements of types of
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB1033AFBFD56FC51" box="[574,743,977,998]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Fetilinia dentator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB1D13AFBFCA1FC51" bold="true" box="[748,784,977,998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">gen</emphasis>
. et
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB00C3AFBFCF9FC51" bold="true" box="[817,840,977,998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">sp</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB06F3AFBFCEEFC51" bold="true" box="[850,863,977,998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
Abbreviations: length (L), width (W, in carapace it corresponds to posterior width), depth (D).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDF423FFFCEC51FB34C3EABFA18F84E" blockId="4.[113,773,1921,2047]" lastBlockId="4.[816,1476,1057,2041]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
AFFINITIES.
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB3D13EABFEF7F82E" box="[236,326,1921,1945]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Fetilinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB2713EABFEC2F82E" bold="true" box="[332,371,1921,1945]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB2BD3EABFE3EF82E" bold="true" box="[384,399,1921,1945]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
belongs to the Palaearctic
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB1893EABFD4DF82E" box="[692,764,1921,1945]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Buthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group of
<bibRefCitation id="EFF13FCEFFCEC51FB3EC3E8BFEDEF80E" author="FET" box="[209,367,1953,1977]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" pagination="1 - 40" refId="ref4595" refString="FET, V., M. E. SOLEGLAD &amp; G. LOWE. 2005. A new trichobothrial character for the high-level systematics of Buthoidea (Scorpiones: Buthida). Euscorpius, 23: 1 - 40." type="journal article" year="2005">Fet et al., 2005</bibRefCitation>
, according to the following characters: trichobothrial pattern typeA-β; patella trichobothrium
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB1A63EEBFD19F86E" box="[667,680,1985,2009]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">d</emphasis>
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internal to dorsomedian carina, manus
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB28F3ECBFE7EF84E" box="[434,463,2017,2041]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Eb</emphasis>
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-
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB2DB3ECBFDB2F84E" box="[486,515,2017,2041]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Eb</emphasis>
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-
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in
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δ configuration; tibial spurs present on legs IIIIV; pedipalp chela finger median denticle rows non-imbricated; and posterior margins of tergite VII &amp; metasoma IIII bearing fringes of microsetae. Within this group, it is similar to another small monotypic genus,
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB00D3D8BFBF8FB0E" authority="Vachon, 1974" authorityName="Vachon" authorityYear="1974" box="[816,1097,1185,1209]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Kraepelinia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB00D3D8BFC1CFB0E" box="[816,941,1185,1209]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Kraepelinia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF13FCEFFCEC51FB0883D8BFBF8FB0E" author="VACHON" box="[949,1097,1185,1209]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" pagination="857 - 958" refId="ref5029" refString="VACHON, M. 1974. Etudes des caracteres utilises pour classer les familles et les genres des scorpions (Arachnides). 1. La trichobothriotaXie en arachnologie. Sigles trichobothriauX et types de trichobothriotaXie chez les Scorpions. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris), 3 e serie, 140, Zoologie 104: 857 - 958." type="journal article" year="1974">Vachon, 1974</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, which also has: enlarged dentition on ventrolateral and ventromedian carinae of metasoma IIIII; irregular, enlarged lobate dentition on ventrolateral carinae of metasoma V; and trichobothrium
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7A73C2BFB02FAAE" box="[1178,1203,1281,1305]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">eb</emphasis>
located on distal manus. However,
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB0A33C0BFBAAFA8E" box="[926,1051,1313,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Kraepelinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB7953C0BFAB3FA8E" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2020" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2020" box="[1192,1282,1313,1337]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Fetilinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7953C0BFAB3FA8E" box="[1192,1282,1313,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Fetilinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB6343C0BFA81FA8E" bold="true" box="[1289,1328,1313,1337]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB6023C0BFAFFFA8E" bold="true" box="[1343,1358,1313,1337]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in several other characters: thickened pedipalp fingers that are atypical for buthids; smooth carapace and tergites; metasoma V with large, lobate denticles on ventral surface; telson bulbous and granulate.
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB00D3C8BFC3BFA0E" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2020" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2020" box="[816,906,1441,1465]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Fetilinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB00D3C8BFC3BFA0E" box="[816,906,1441,1465]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Fetilinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB0A83C8BFC0DFA0E" bold="true" box="[917,956,1441,1465]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB0F33C8BFC6CFA0E" bold="true" box="[974,989,1441,1465]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is also similar to five other small
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB64E3C8BFA0AFA0E" box="[1395,1467,1441,1465]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Buthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group genera:
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB0EE3CEBFB8DFA6E" box="[979,1084,1473,1497]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Butheolus</emphasis>
Simon, 1882
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB7DB3CEBFCD6FA4E" authority="Karsch, 1891" authorityName="Karsch" authorityYear="1891" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Orthochirus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7DB3CEBFAD7FA6E" box="[1254,1382,1473,1497]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Orthochirus</emphasis>
Karsch, 1891
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB04D3CCBFB08FA4E" authority="KovarIk, 1996" authorityName="KovarIk" authorityYear="1996" box="[880,1209,1505,1531]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Baloorthochirus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB04D3CCBFBAAFA4E" box="[880,1051,1505,1529]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Baloorthochirus</emphasis>
KovařÍk, 1996
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB7FF3CCBFCD6F9AE" authority="KovarIk, 1998" authorityName="KovarIk" authorityYear="1998" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Orthochiroides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7FF3CCBFAD0FA4E" box="[1218,1377,1505,1529]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Orthochiroides</emphasis>
KovařÍk, 1998
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB0953F2BFB05F9AE" authority="Lowe, 2018" authorityName="Lowe" authorityYear="2018" box="[936,1204,1537,1561]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Xenobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB0953F2BFB95F9AE" box="[936,1060,1537,1561]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Xenobuthus</emphasis>
Lowe, 2018
</taxonomicName>
. These display a similar habitus, with a trapezoidal carapace and small, short pedipalps.
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB00D3F6BFC01F9EE" authorityName="Karsch" authorityYear="1891" box="[816,944,1601,1625]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Orthochirus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB00D3F6BFC01F9EE" box="[816,944,1601,1625]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Orthochirus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB0E33F6BFBCCF9EE" authorityName="KovarIk" authorityYear="1998" box="[990,1149,1601,1625]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Orthochiroides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB0E33F6BFBCCF9EE" box="[990,1149,1601,1625]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Orthochiroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have telson shapes quite similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB0AB3F4BFC41F9CE" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2020" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2020" box="[918,1008,1633,1657]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Fetilinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB0AB3F4BFC41F9CE" box="[918,1008,1633,1657]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Fetilinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB0CB3F4BFBACF9CE" bold="true" box="[1014,1053,1633,1657]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7163F4BFB8BF9CE" bold="true" box="[1067,1082,1633,1657]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, but they differ in having metasomal segments IVV dilated and punctate.
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB7963FABFAA2F92E" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1882" box="[1195,1299,1665,1689]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Butheolus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7963FABFAA2F92E" box="[1195,1299,1665,1689]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Butheolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB6203FABFA28F92E" authorityName="Lowe" authorityYear="2018" box="[1309,1433,1665,1689]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Xenobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB6203FABFA28F92E" box="[1309,1433,1665,1689]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Xenobuthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB00D3F8BFC7EF90E" authorityName="KovarIk" authorityYear="1998" box="[816,975,1697,1721]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Orthochiroides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB00D3F8BFC7EF90E" box="[816,975,1697,1721]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Orthochiroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ in having bulbous telsons.All five of these genera further differ in lacking enlarged or lobate metasomal dentition. It is possible that
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB7723FCBFB18F94E" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2020" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2020" box="[1103,1193,1761,1785]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Fetilinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7723FCBFB18F94E" box="[1103,1193,1761,1785]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Fetilinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2272356FFCEC51FB7933FCBFB49F94F" box="[1198,1272,1761,1785]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7933FCBFB64F94E" bold="true" box="[1198,1237,1761,1785]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7DF3FCBFB40F94E" bold="true" box="[1250,1265,1761,1785]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is phylogenetically associated with this orthochiroid compleX, but has evolved its own specialized metasomal structure. The pattern of enlarged metasomal dentition in
<taxonomicName id="4C6039BCFFCEC51FB7103E6BFB1BF8EE" authorityName="Vachon" authorityYear="1974" box="[1069,1194,1857,1881]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Kraepelinia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7103E6BFB1BF8EE" box="[1069,1194,1857,1881]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Kraepelinia</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7DC3E6BFA8AF8EE" box="[1249,1339,1857,1881]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Fetilinia</emphasis>
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.
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also occurs in several other
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB70B3E4BFBCFF8CE" box="[1078,1150,1889,1913]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Buthus</emphasis>
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group genera:
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB6173E4BFAC2F8CE" box="[1322,1395,1889,1913]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Buthus</emphasis>
Leach, 1815
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB04E3EABFC4DF82E" box="[883,1020,1921,1945]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Femtobuthus</emphasis>
Lowe, 2010
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,
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB7B23EABFA92F82E" box="[1167,1315,1921,1945]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Odontobuthus</emphasis>
Vachon, 1950
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB00D3E8BFC05F80E" box="[816,948,1953,1977]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Pantobuthus</emphasis>
Lourenço &amp; Duhem, 2009
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, and
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCEC51FB61A3E8BFA73F80E" box="[1319,1474,1953,1977]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Trypanothacus</emphasis>
Lowe, KovařÍk, Stockmann &amp; Šťáhlavský, 2019
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, and seems to be an adaptation of burrowing scorpions (
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).
</paragraph>
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REMARKS. We based
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB26C39CDFE1AFF48" box="[337,427,231,255]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Fetilinia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB28E39CDFE6BFF48" bold="true" box="[435,474,231,255]" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB2D439CDFE49FF48" bold="true" box="[489,504,231,255]" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">n</emphasis>
.
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on two type specimens, an immature (subadult) male and a juvenile female. Immaturity of the male is evidenced by a laterally swollen mesosoma in a well fed individual, a condition typical of immatures of many other scorpions that we have reared. The characters supporting an affinity with the orthochiroid compleX of small scorpions (most ca.
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), imply that the adult of
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB185388DFD6EFE08" bold="true" box="[696,735,423,447]" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB1D3388DFD4CFE08" bold="true" box="[750,765,423,447]" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">n</emphasis>
.
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is also likely to be small in size. The size, strongly granulated integument and pectinal tooth count of the male are consistent with a late instar subadult, one ecdysis before maturity. Even if it were an earlier instar, the characters of trapezoidal carapace and small, short pedipalps are also partially present in early juveniles of orthochiroid compleX scorpions. However, caution is certainly advisable when diagnosing a new genus from immature specimens. We therefore considered the alternative interpretation, that the type specimens represent earlier instars of a larger scorpion belonging to an already eXisting genus in the
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB2623A2DFE16FCA8" box="[351,423,775,799]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Buthus</emphasis>
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group. A conspicuously dentate metasoma is usually present in early instars of species that eXhibit this character in adults. This narrows the list of likely alternative taXa known from this geographic region to four genera:
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB3F23AADFEFAFC28" box="[207,331,903,927]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Kraepelinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB25E3AADFE1AFC28" box="[355,427,903,927]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Buthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB2FE3AADFDF0FC28" box="[451,577,903,927]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Mesobuthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB1443AADFD4CFC28" box="[633,765,903,927]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Pantobuthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Could
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB3813A8DFEA7FC08" box="[188,278,935,959]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Fetilinia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB2223A8DFEF7FC08" bold="true" box="[287,326,935,959]" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB26A3A8DFED7FC08" bold="true" box="[343,358,935,959]" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">n</emphasis>
.
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be an early instar juvenile of one of those genera? The slender pedipalps and elongate telson vesicle of
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB3B03ACDFF56FC48" box="[141,231,999,1023]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Fetilinia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB3D03ACDFEA5FC48" bold="true" box="[237,276,999,1023]" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB21D3ACDFE9EFC48" bold="true" box="[288,303,999,1023]" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">n</emphasis>
.
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are quite different from the robust pedipalps and bulbous telson typical of those four genera. However, these structures can often be quite tenuous in early instars, and later develop to become robust in adults.
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is a relatively small scorpion, with adult carapace length ca.
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(
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; Lourenço &amp; Leguin, 2010), which would predict an adult body length of ca.
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. We studied a subadult male
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB34C3DEDFF5FFB68" box="[113,238,1223,1247]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Kraepelinia</emphasis>
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with carapace length
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and body length
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, similar in size to the subadult male of
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.
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(
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). The thickened pedipalp fingers and bulbous telson that are unique diagnostic characters of
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are already strongly eXpressed in the subadult, showing that
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.
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.
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is not a juvenile of this genus. The other genera in question (
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB23A3CADFEFEFA28" box="[263,335,1415,1439]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Buthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB25A3CADFE54FA28" box="[359,485,1415,1439]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Mesobuthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB2C13CADFD31FA28" box="[508,640,1415,1439]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Pantobuthus</emphasis>
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) possess a subrectangular carapace, a shape that differs markedly from the strongly trapezoidal carapace of
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.
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.
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An ontogenetic change from trapezoidal in juveniles to subrectangular in adults is implausible, being the reverse of the predicted polarity of such transformations (i.e., from primitive to derived). Another argument against
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.
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.
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being a juvenile of the other genera stems from their differing trichobothriotaXy, which would violate the established rule that trichobothrial patterns are nearly always conserved ontogenetically (
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). In
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB3B33FEDFEA3F968" box="[142,274,1735,1759]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Pantobuthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and most
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB2B93FEDFE7CF968" box="[388,461,1735,1759]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Buthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9149E2DFFCFC51EB13D3FEDFDCFF968" box="[512,638,1735,1759]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Mesobuthus</emphasis>
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, fiXed finger trichobothrium
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is located distal to
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, whereas it is level with or proXimal to
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in
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.
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.
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Distal translocation of
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is typically associated with stretching and elongation of chela fingers, a trend that opposes the hypothetical ontogenetic transformation of slender fingers in
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.
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.
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to short robust fingers in the other genera. Furthermore,
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.
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.
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is neobothriotaXic, with femur
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absent, in contrast to the other genera which are orthobothriotaXic. In scorpions, there is only one documented precedent in which reductive neobothriotaXy in juveniles transforms into orthobothriotaXy in adults. In many, if not all buthids, femoral trichobothrium
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is absent in the second instar (first nymph), and only appears in the third and later instars (
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;
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;
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;
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; R. Teruel, personal communication). However, similar abrupt early developmental changes have not been reported for buthid petite trichobothria including femur
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, whose presence or absence is normally consistent across instars. The size and well developed carination and granulation of the
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male
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indicates that it is not a second instar nymph, and it also has femur
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already eXpressed (
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). In summary, available evidence supports our hypothesis that
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.
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.
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is a new genus that does not fit into any of the eXisting
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group genera.
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DISTRIBUTION. Known only from the
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locality in northern
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. The collection site lies at the edge of the Kohat Plateau, northeast of the Bannu Basin, an intermontane depression in the tectonically active orogenic belt at the western end of the Himalayas. The local substrate consists of Quaternary alluvial fan deposits produced by erosion of surrounding high mountain ranges (
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).
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