Title
Systematic revision of the North American syntropine vaejovid scorpion genera Balsateres, Kuarapu, and Thorellius, with descriptions of three new species
Title Variants
Alternative:
Revision Balsateres, Kuarapu, and Thorellius
Related Titles
Series:
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 420
By
González-Santillán, Edmundo
, author
Prendini, Lorenzo
, author
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2018]
Notes
"Issued June 20, 2018."
Local PDF available in high- and low-resolution versions.
Four genera formed a monophyletic group, referred to as the Kochius clade, in the phylogeny of the North American vaejovid scorpion subfamily Syntropinae Kraepelin, 1905: Balsateres González-Santillán and Prendini, 2013; Kochius Soleglad and Fet, 2008; Kuarapu Francke and Ponce-Saavedra, 2010; and Thorellius Soleglad and Fet, 2008. In the present contribution, all except Kochius, treated elsewhere, are revised. The monotypic Balsateres and Kuarapu are redescribed. Thorellius cristimanus (Pocock, 1898) and Thorellius intrepidus (Thorell, 1876) are redescribed and their type localities discussed and clarified. Three new species of Thorellius are described: Thorellius tekuani; Thorellius wixarika; and Thorellius yuyuawi. Vaejovis intrepidus atrox Hoffmann, 1931, is newly synonymized with T. cristimanus based on examination of the type material. A key to identification of the species of Thorellius is presented, and new locality records and updated distribution maps provided for all species covered.
Subjects
Arachnida
,
Balsateres
,
Classification
,
Geographical distribution
,
Kuarapu
,
Mexico
,
Scorpions
,
Syntropinae
,
Thorellius
,
Thorellius tekuani
,
Thorellius wixarika
,
Thorellius yuyuawi
,
Vaejovidae
Call Number
QH1 .A4 no.420 2018
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090-420.1.1
OCLC:
1041141204
Find in a local library