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<emphasis id="92DFEAC8FFD5FFA8AD62A8B80041FB67" bold="true" box="[853,1057,1230,1256]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">Tityus anasilviae</emphasis>
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This species was described upon a single adult male by Armas & Abud Antun (2004) and accepted as valid by Teruel & Armas (2006). An adult female was described later by Armas & Abud Antun (2015), who stated that one of the main characters alleged as diagnostic for this taxon (dorsolateral carinae with terminal granule much stronger on metasomal segments II–IV), was absent in the new specimen and more samples were needed to define if this implied sexual dimorphism or just individual variation.
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The direct comparison of the
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<bibRefCitation id="C43A4B2BFFD5FFA9AB79AB280495FA8C" author="ARMAS" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="101 - 136" refId="ref4730" refString="ARMAS, L. F. DE. 1999. Quince nuevos alacranes de La Espanola y Navassa, Antillas Mayores (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Avicennia, 10 - 11: 101 - 136." type="journal article" year="1999">Armas, 1999</bibRefCitation>
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(the only other member of the "crassimanus" species-group known to occur in this mountain range) and abundant additional specimens revealed that both taxa are conspecific. Thus, the following synonymy is herein established:
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<emphasis id="92DFEAC8FFD4FFA9AEF7A818054AFB0A" bold="true" box="[192,298,1134,1157]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Figure 1:</emphasis>
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Size-related morphological variability of adult
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small specimen from El Río, La Vega Province (typical
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);
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standard specimen from Pinar Quemado, La Vega Province (intermediate);
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large specimen from El Majagual, San Cristóbal Province (typical
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). Scale bar in millimeters.
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The present study proved that all Hispaniolan members of the "crassimanus" species-group are so highly variable morphologically, that adults belonging to different size-classes can be easily mistaken as distinct species. The expression of sexual dimorphism follows the same rule as in other studied species of the genus, i.e., larger adults are the most strongly dimorphic and smaller ones are the least (
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<figureCitation id="38902A5FFFD4FFA9AFECAAEF067AF93F" box="[475,538,1689,1712]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="3.[192,268,1134,1157]" captionTargetBox="[200,1429,199,1105]" captionTargetId="figure-6@3.[201,1428,200,1104]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 1: Size-related morphological variability of adult Tityus ottenwalderi, exemplified by females: a) small specimen from El Río, La Vega Province (typical T. ottenwalderi); b) standard specimen from Pinar Quemado, La Vega Province (intermediate); c) large specimen from El Majagual, San Cristóbal Province (typical T. anasilviae n. syn.). Scale bar in millimeters." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673114" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4673114/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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).
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Moreover, the degree of attenuation of pedipalps and metasoma shows a clinal variation positively correlated to altitude: the most slender specimens (i.e., typical
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<emphasis id="92DFEAC8FFD4FFA9AF21AB6205A0F8A4" box="[278,448,1812,1835]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">T. ottenwalderi</emphasis>
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), come from mountains above
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, the most robust ones (i.e., typical
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<taxonomicName id="67AB4D59FFD4FFA9ACAFAB440742F8C6" authorityName="Armas et Abud Antun" authorityYear="2004" box="[664,802,1842,1865]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Tityus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anasilviae">
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<emphasis id="92DFEAC8FFD4FFA9ACAFAB440742F8C6" box="[664,802,1842,1865]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">T. anasilviae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="92DFEAC8FFD4FFA9AEF7AB27056DF8E7" bold="true" box="[192,269,1873,1896]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="89EC57B3FFD4FFA9AEF7AB27056DF8E7" box="[192,269,1873,1896]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">n. syn.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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) come from the slopes below
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, and inter- mediate individuals occur all across the intervening altitude zone (
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<figureCitation id="38902A5FFFD4FFA9ADE1A97C0075FAAE" box="[982,1045,1290,1313]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="3.[192,268,1134,1157]" captionTargetBox="[200,1429,199,1105]" captionTargetId="figure-6@3.[201,1428,200,1104]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 1: Size-related morphological variability of adult Tityus ottenwalderi, exemplified by females: a) small specimen from El Río, La Vega Province (typical T. ottenwalderi); b) standard specimen from Pinar Quemado, La Vega Province (intermediate); c) large specimen from El Majagual, San Cristóbal Province (typical T. anasilviae n. syn.). Scale bar in millimeters." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4673114" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4673114/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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).
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