Vaejovis prendinii Santibáñez-López & Francke, 2010

A, Contreras-Félix Gerardo & Oscar, Francke B., 2019, Taxonomic revision of the “ mexicanus ” group of the genus Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), Zootaxa 4596 (1), pp. 1-100 : 58-60

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4596.1.1

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Vaejovis prendinii Santibáñez-López & Francke, 2010
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Vaejovis prendinii Santibáñez-López & Francke, 2010 View in CoL

Figures 4 View FIGURE 4 , 35b View FIGURE 35 , 36b View FIGURE 36 , 37b View FIGURE 37 , 38b View FIGURE 38 , 39b View FIGURE 39 , 40b View FIGURE 40 , 41b View FIGURE 41 , 42 View FIGURE 42

Vaejovis prendinii Santibáñez-López & Francke, 2010: 556 View in CoL , 558, 561–563, Fig: 1, 16–22, 54.

Type material. Holotype male. MEXICO: Oaxaca, Distrito Ixtlan de Juarez, San Juan Atepec, Rio Grande (N 17.4°, W 96.566667°, elev. 1327 m). VII-3-2008. Cols.: O. Francke, C. Santibáñez and A. Quijano. (CNAN- T0378). Examined. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( CNAN-T0379 ) ; 1 ♀ ( AMNH), same data as holotype GoogleMaps . 1♀ MEXICO: Oaxaca, Distrito Ixtlan de Juarez, San Juan Atepec, 2 km NW of San Juan Atepec, Rio Grande (N 17.416667°, W 96.55°, elev. 1849 m). VII-4-2008. Cols.: O. Francke, C. Santibáñez and A. Quijano. ( AMNH). Examined GoogleMaps .

Other specimens examined. MEXICO: Oaxaca, Distrito Ixtlan de Juarez, San Juan Atepec . VII-2008. Col.: R. Reyes. 1 ♀ ( CNAN-SC3484 ) . MEXICO: Oaxaca, Distrito Ixtlan de Juarez ,. VI-2-1952. Without collector data. 1 ♂ ( CNAN-SC3483 ) .

Diagnosis. Adults 25 to 34 mm long (Fig: 42-a, b). Carapace (Fig: 35-b) shorter than metasomal segment V (Carapace L/MS-V 0.85±0.1 [0.97]), longer than femur (Carapace L/Femur L 1.17±0.05 [1.26]); anterior margin of carapace concave. Mesosomal tergite VII with a pair granular carinae starting on middle of segment and not reaching posterior margin. Pectinal teeth 19–20 [15–17]; sternite V on males with a small, bright, whitish patch on posterior margin; sternite VII with one pair of faint paramedian carinae, and 20–23 (22) [22] setae. Metasomal segment I wider than long, subquadrate in dorsal view (MSI L/ W 0.78 ±0.01 [0.69]), with ventral submedian carinae smooth to faint; intercarinal spaces on segments I–IV smooth; segment V conspicuously hirsute (MS-V L/ W 1.99 ±0.1 [1.91]; W/D 1.12±0.03 [1.09]). Vesicle (Fig: 36-b) rounded (L/ W 1.68 ±0.1 [1.47]) and broad (W/D 1.31±0.05 [1.18]); dorsal surface flat, posteromedially with a small whitish vesicular gland. Pedipalp femur (Fig: 37-b) and patella (Fig: 38-b) about three times longer than wide (Femur L/ W 2.93 ±0.1 [3.09]; Patella L/ W 2.92 ±0.3 [2.92]); patella dorsointernal carina strong, composed by well differentiated granules. Chela (Fig: 39, 40- b) rounded, as wide as deep (CM L/ W 1.74 ±0.06 [1.87]; W/D 0.95±0.05 [1]; CM L/FF 1.2±0.03 [1.07]) with dorsal retrolateral, dorsal prosubmedian, dorsal median and retrolateral median carinae weak, crenulated to smooth. Pedipalp chela fingers dentate margins slightly scalloped on males, straight on females.

Hemispermatophore (Fig: 41-b): Lamelliform (TL 2.8; LL 1.5; LW 0.5 mm), lamella simple, narrower at the level of the hooks, without distal crest; hooks present basally, lobe shaped.

Full morphometric variation is given in tables 13 and 14. Setae variation is given in tables 9–12.

Distribution. Mexico: Oaxaca. This species is only known from secondary vegetation near San Juan Atepec, Oaxaca ( Figure 4 View FIGURE 4 ).

Natural history. Most specimens were collected at night with the aid of black lights; nothing else is known about this species.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Vaejovidae

Genus

Vaejovis

Loc

Vaejovis prendinii Santibáñez-López & Francke, 2010

A, Contreras-Félix Gerardo & Oscar, Francke B. 2019
2019
Loc

Vaejovis prendinii Santibáñez-López & Francke, 2010 : 556

Santibanez-Lopez, C. E. & Francke, O. F. 2010: 556
2010
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