Uroplectes chubbi Hirst, 1911

Prendini, Lorenzo, 2015, Three new Uroplectes (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with punctate metasomal segments from tropical central Africa, American Museum Novitates 2015 (3840), pp. 1-32 : 28

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scientific name	Uroplectes chubbi Hirst, 1911
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Uroplectes chubbi Hirst, 1911 View in CoL

Uroplectes chubbi Hirst, 1911: 5–6 View in CoL .

Scorpiobuthus apatris Werner, 1939: 361–362 (synonymized by Fet and Sissom, 1997: 408).

TYPE MATERIAL: Lectotype ♀ [here designated], 9 juv. ♂, 2 juv. ♀ paralectotypes ( BMNH 1911.8.11.1 ), ZIMBABWE: Rhodesia , E.C. Chubb . Scorpiobuthus apatris Werner, 1939 : Lectotype ♀ [designated by Fet and Sissom , 1997: 408] ( ZFMK 350 About ZFMK ), paralectotype ♀ ( ZFMK 351 About ZFMK ) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: ZIMBABWE: Masvingo Province: Chiredzi District: Gona-re-Zhou National Park: Chipinda Pools Camp , 21°17′06.8″S 31°54′49.7″E, 292 m, 7.ii.2013, L. Prendini, F. Nyathi, and N. Scott, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ ( AMNH); GoogleMaps Triangle Ranch, Mutirikwi River intersection with road Ngundu Halt– Triangle , ca. 4 km W of Triangle, W side of Mutirikwi River , 21°02′28.5″S 31°23′26.0″E, 390 m, 6–7.ii.2013, L. Prendini, F. Nyathi, and N. Scott, 3 ♂, 3 ♀, 2 subad. ♂, 1 subad. ♀ ( AMNH) GoogleMaps . Matabeleland South Province: Gwanda District: Doddieburn Ranch, Sibizini Dam [21°24′S 29°22′E], 17.xii.1985, J.L. Minshull, 1 ♀ ( NHMZ S 86 /47); GoogleMaps Dwala Ranch, Bubiana Conservancy [19°05′S 29°43′E], 28.xi.1993, Raleigh International, 2 ♂, 9 ♀, 8 juv. ( NHMZ S 94 /108) GoogleMaps .

REMARKS: The type material of S. apatris , based on two specimens without locality data, was found to be morphologically indistinguishable and therefore conspecific with type and nontype material of U. chubbi , confirming the synonymy by Fet and Sissom (1997): Scorpiobuthus apatris Werner, 1939 = Uroplectes chubbi Hirst, 1911 .