Systematic revision of the North American syntropine vaejovid scorpion genera Balsateres, Kuarapu, and Thorellius, with descriptions of three new species

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Alternative: Revision Balsateres, Kuarapu, and Thorellius

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Series: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 420

By

González-Santillán, Edmundo , author

Prendini, Lorenzo , author

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Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2018]

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"Issued June 20, 2018."

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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