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<emphasis id="58922B73FFD5FFA8FC4A68A5FB2DE483" bold="true" box="[931,1156,1669,1696]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">Vaejovis lapidicola</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="0E778A90FFD5FFA8FB6568A5FA95E483" author="STAHNKE" box="[1164,1340,1670,1696]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" pagination="101 - 103" refId="ref2701" refString="STAHNKE, H. L. 1940. The scorpions of Arizona. Iowa State College Journal of Science, 15 (1): 101 - 103 (Thesis Abstract)." type="journal article" year="1940">Stahnke, 1940</bibRefCitation>
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(
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–12)
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: male,
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E. of
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in a red sandstone quarry,
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,
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,
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<collectingCountry id="12F1B7F1FFD5FFA8FBED6906FB90E51F" box="[1028,1081,1829,1852]" name="United States of America" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">USA</collectingCountry>
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,
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(
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<collectorName id="C71392B7FFD5FFA8FAEC6906FA30E51F" box="[1285,1433,1829,1852]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">H.L. Stahnke</collectorName>
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) [missing half of right movable pedipalp finger; left and right pedipalp detached; right leg III detached; metasoma detached at segment II; missing most setae]
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.
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: female,
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E. of
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in a red sandstone quarry,
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,
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,
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<collectingDate id="0E1C2849FFD3FFAEFCFD6F27FEF3E319" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" value="1938-08-06">6 August 1938</collectingDate>
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(
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<collectorName id="C71392B7FFD3FFAEFE926F00FDB5E319" box="[379,540,291,314]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">H.L. Stahnke</collectorName>
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) [missing metasomal segment
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<collectionCode id="0CF76FA4FFD3FFAEFECC6F61FE91E37A" box="[293,312,322,345]" country="Canada" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13946" name="Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" type="Museum">V</collectionCode>
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, telson, right pedipalp movable finger, and most setae; pedipalps and many legs detached]
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.
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<emphasis id="58922B73FFD4FFA9FF29690DFEE4E566" bold="true" box="[192,333,1838,1861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Figures 1–2:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="58922B73FFD4FFA9FEBA6913FDA3E566" box="[339,522,1840,1861]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Vaejovis lapidicola</emphasis>
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Stahnke
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lectotype.
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Dorsal aspect.
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<emphasis id="58922B73FFD4FFA9FC876913FC29E566" bold="true" box="[878,896,1840,1861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">2.</emphasis>
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Ventral aspect.
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<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFF196FBDFE2AE396" bold="true" box="[240,387,414,437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Known only from the
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locality; a red sandstone quarry one mile east of Flagstaff, AZ.
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<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFF196FDEFECCE037" bold="true" box="[240,357,509,532]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFE846FDEFD92E037" box="[365,571,509,532]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Vaejovis lapidicola</emphasis>
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is a small yellow to orange-brown scorpion with slight brown marbling on the carapace, mesosoma and metasoma. The fifth metasomal segment is more than twice as long as wide. Carapace planate and longer than fifth metasomal segment and as long as segment one plus two. Median eyes and tubercle, which are quite small, are located on anterior one-third of carapace (Fig. 12). Fifth metasomal segment longer than movable pedipalp finger. Chelal fingers with six and seven inner (ID) denticles on fixed and movable fingers (Fig. 11), respectively. Five to seven middle lamellae. Pectinal tooth counts
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males and
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females.
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With the exception of total length/pectinal tooth count ratios, the
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<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFE676D89FDB4E1E2" box="[398,541,938,961]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. lapidicola</emphasis>
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fits all the criteria outlined for the “mexicanus” group (Soleglad, 1973). However, this inconsistency may just mean that the specimen is not an adult. With 14 pectine teeth per comb, a male individual would have to be between 26.7 and
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in length to meet the requirement. This, plus the fact that the female
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is much larger (see Measurements section), indicates that the
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is probably immature. More importantly, however, the
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possesses six rows of denticles on the chela fixed finger and has slender pedipalps with trichobothria
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and
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located proximally on the fixed finger. Furthermore, the genital operculum of the female is separated on the posterior fifth and likely fits the total length/pectinal tooth count ratios for the group.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFD2A6B74FE85E7AE" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lapidicola">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFD2A6B74FE85E7AE" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Vaejovis lapidicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
should therefore remain in the “mexicanus” group of the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFE676BB6FE4EE78F" authorityName="C. L. Koch (Sissom" authorityYear="2001" box="[398,487,1429,1452]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFE676BB6FE4EE78F" box="[398,487,1429,1452]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Vaejovis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFF196B90FD20E4FD" blockId="4.[192,800,509,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
Of the
|
||
<collectingRegion id="A8223983FFD3FFAEFED76B90FE3DE7E9" box="[318,404,1459,1482]" country="United States of America" name="Arizona" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Arizona</collectingRegion>
|
||
scorpion fauna,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFDA36B90FD7BE7E9" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" box="[586,722,1459,1482]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lapidicola">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFDA36B90FD7BE7E9" box="[586,722,1459,1482]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. lapidicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
seems most closely related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFE3C6BF1FDD1E7CA" authorityName="Soleglad" authorityYear="1973" box="[469,632,1490,1513]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paysonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFE3C6BF1FDD1E7CA" box="[469,632,1490,1513]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. paysonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Both species possess seven ID denticles on the pedipalp movable fingers and have a carapace longer than metasomal segment V and longer than metasomal segment I plus II.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFF29686EFE09E447" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" box="[192,416,1613,1636]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lapidicola">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFF29686EFE09E447" box="[192,416,1613,1636]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Vaejovis lapidicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be easily distinguished, however, by a carapace that is much more planate and wider at the median eyes. Ratios of carapace length/width at median eye are 1.25 and 1.44, for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFCE1688AFE85E4FD" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lapidicola">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFCE1688AFE85E4FD" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. lapidicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFE8968E4FE52E4FD" authorityName="Soleglad" authorityYear="1973" box="[352,507,1735,1758]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paysonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFE8968E4FE52E4FD" box="[352,507,1735,1758]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. paysonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
respectively.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFF1968C5FB6AE319" blockId="4.[192,800,509,1912]" lastBlockId="4.[830,1438,199,314]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
Two other species of the “mexicanus” group also occur in
|
||
<collectingRegion id="A8223983FFD3FFAEFED86926FE23E53F" box="[305,394,1797,1820]" country="United States of America" name="Arizona" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Arizona</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFE776926FDC2E53F" authority="Stahnke" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" box="[414,619,1797,1820]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jonesi">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFE776926FDABE53F" box="[414,514,1797,1820]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. jonesi</emphasis>
|
||
Stahnke
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, reported from northern
|
||
<collectingRegion id="A8223983FFD3FFAEFEC36900FE2AE519" box="[298,387,1827,1850]" country="United States of America" name="Arizona" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Arizona</collectingRegion>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFE276900FD19E519" authority="Stahnke" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" box="[462,688,1827,1850]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vorhiesi">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFE276900FDEEE519" box="[462,583,1827,1850]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. vorhiesi</emphasis>
|
||
Stahnke
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, reported from southeastern
|
||
<collectingRegion id="A8223983FFD3FFAEFE496961FE5FE57A" box="[416,502,1858,1881]" country="United States of America" name="Arizona" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Arizona</collectingRegion>
|
||
(both “Stahnke inscrutables”). These species have a shorter carapace than
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFCE16942FC03E2FD" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" box="[776,938,199,1912]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ladipicola">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFCE16942FC03E2FD" box="[776,938,199,1912]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. ladipicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFC326EE4FB91E2FD" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" box="[987,1080,199,222]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jonesi">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC326EE4FB91E2FD" box="[987,1080,199,222]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. jonesi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the carapace is shorter than the fifth metasomal segment and in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFB586EC5FA8FE2DE" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" box="[1201,1318,230,253]" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vorhiesi">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFB586EC5FA8FE2DE" box="[1201,1318,230,253]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. vorhiesi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, it is less than or equal to the fifth metasomal segment, unlike
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFA6E6F27FC03E319" authorityName="Stahnke" authorityYear="1940" class="Arachnida" family="Vaejovidae" genus="Vaejovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lapidicola">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFA6E6F27FC03E319" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">V. lapidicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
whose carapace is longer.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="22FCA4EAFFD3FFAEFCD76F42FA35E55B" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFCD76F42FB73E358" blockId="4.[830,1242,353,379]" box="[830,1242,353,379]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFCD76F42FB73E358" bold="true" box="[830,1242,353,379]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
Redescription based on
|
||
<typeStatus id="B55D49C3FFD3FFAEFB836F42FB73E358" box="[1130,1242,353,379]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFC876F82FC4DE072" blockId="4.[830,1441,417,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC876F82FC18E39B" box="[878,945,417,440]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Color.</emphasis>
|
||
Carapace, tergites, legs, and metasoma yellow to orange-brown with slight dark brown variegations. Ocular tubercle colored black and lightly traversed by the median furrow.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFB466FDEFB5FE037" authorityName="Pearse" authorityYear="1952" box="[1199,1270,509,532]" class="Copepoda" family="Telsidae" genus="Telson" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cyclopoida" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Telson</taxonomicName>
|
||
yellow-orange with two brown stripes running longitudinally along ventral surface.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFC876C7AFB19E165" blockId="4.[830,1441,417,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC876C7AFC7EE053" box="[878,983,601,624]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Carapace</emphasis>
|
||
(Fig. 12). Ratio of median eyes location (from anterior edge)/carapace length 0.32; median eyes and tubercle width/carapace width at that point 0.18. Anterior edge emarginate. Carapace covered with scattered coarse granules with a few interspersed larger granules. Posterior median furrow deep and conspicuous, ending about one third the length of the carapace from the anterior margin.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFC876D6DFB51E1E2" blockId="4.[830,1441,417,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC876D6DFC41E146" box="[878,1000,846,869]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
|
||
Median carina on tergites I–II obsolete, and strong on tergites III–VI. Tergite VII with strong median carina on anterior half and strong dorsal lateral and lateral supramedian granular carinae.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFC876DEAFC7FE61F" blockId="4.[830,1441,417,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC876DEAFBF9E1C3" box="[878,1104,969,992]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Genital Operculum.</emphasis>
|
||
Genital papillae protruding from posterior edge of sclerites of male
|
||
<typeStatus id="B55D49C3FFD3FFAEFAD86DC4FA3FE1DD" box="[1329,1430,999,1022]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
|
||
; sclerites separated on posterior one-fifth of female
|
||
<typeStatus id="B55D49C3FFD3FFAEFCD76A06FC78E61F" box="[830,977,1061,1084]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" type="paralectotype">paralectotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFC876A60FAFCE6BB" blockId="4.[830,1441,417,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC876A60FC42E679" box="[878,1003,1091,1114]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Chelicerae.</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal edge of movable finger with two subdistal (
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC596A41FC61E65A" box="[944,968,1122,1145]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">sd</emphasis>
|
||
) denticles; ventral edge of movable finger smooth with well developed serrula on distal half.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFC876ABCFC60E6F6" blockId="4.[830,1441,417,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC876ABCFC79E695" box="[878,976,1183,1206]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Pectines.</emphasis>
|
||
Pectinal tooth count 14/14. Middle lamellae 5/6.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFC876AFEFBB5E482" blockId="4.[830,1441,417,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC876AFEFC4CE6D7" box="[878,997,1245,1268]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Metasoma.</emphasis>
|
||
Ratio of segment I length/width 0.79; segment II length/width 1.00; segment III length/width 1.09; of segment IV length/width 1.59; of segment V length/width 2.23. Segments I–IV: Dorsolateral and lateral median carinae strong and subtly serrate with enlarged pointed granule distally; lateral inframedian carinae I–III weakly granular and absent on segment IV; ventral lateral and ventral medial carinae smooth to finely serrate or granular. Segment V: Dorsolateral carinae smooth to finely granular; lateral median carinae weak and finely granular on basal three-fourths, obsolete on distal fourth; ventral lateral and ventral median carinae moderate, serrate; median carina continuous distally, not bifurcated. Intercarinal spaces smooth. Setal counts indiscernible.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFC87688AFC77E53F" blockId="4.[830,1441,417,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ADE68CE2FFD3FFAEFC87688AFC1CE4E3" authorityName="Pearse" authorityYear="1952" box="[878,949,1705,1728]" class="Copepoda" family="Telsidae" genus="Telson" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cyclopoida" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC87688AFC1CE4E3" box="[878,949,1705,1728]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Telson</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Fig. 10). Smooth to weakly granular with minute rounded subacular tubercle flanked by two large setae. Vesicle moderately setose. Aculeus base with 8/8 LAS denticles.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6A59F761FFD3FFAEFC876900FA35E55B" blockId="4.[830,1441,417,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="58922B73FFD3FFAEFC876900FC49E519" box="[878,992,1827,1850]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Pedipalps.</emphasis>
|
||
Trichobothrial pattern
|
||
<typeStatus id="B55D49C3FFD3FFAEFAE16900FA9FE519" box="[1288,1334,1827,1850]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">type</typeStatus>
|
||
C (see patterns in
|
||
<figureCitation id="F2DDEBE4FFD3FFAEFC5E6961FBB7E57A" box="[951,1054,1858,1881]" captionStart="Figures 3–9" captionStartId="5.[192,278,1831,1854]" captionTargetBox="[233,1377,249,1727]" captionTargetId="figure-7@5.[192,1439,181,1799]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figures 3–9: Trichobothrial patterns of Vaejovis lapidicola Stahnke, based on lectotype. 3. Left pedipalp chela, external. 4. Left pedipalp chela, ventral. 5. Left pedipalp chela, internal. 6. Right pedipalp femur, dorsal. 7. Right pedipalp patella, dorsal. 8. Right pedipalp patella, external. 9. Right pedipalp patella, ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12782406" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12782406/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Figs. 3–9</figureCitation>
|
||
). Pedipalp ratios: chela length/palm width 4.51; femur length/width 3.03; patella length/
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |