Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995

Kovařík, František, 2013, A review of Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995, with description of Thaicharmus indicus sp. n. from India (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Euscorpius 175, pp. 1-9 : 1

Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995

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Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995: 195–199 , figs. 7–17; Kovařík, 1998: 120; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 224; Kovařík et al., 2007: 201–209, figs. 1–14; Kovařík, 2009: 18 (fig. 5) and 31.

TYPE SPECIES. Thaicharmus mahunkai Kovařík, 1995

ETYMOLOGY. Denotes affinity to the genus Charmus and the geographic distribution of the type species.

DISTRIBUTION. Thailand and India (Goa State).

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 16–34 mm. Dorsal trichobothria of femur arranged in alfa -configuration ( Fig. 12). Pedipalp patella with trichobothria est, em, and et aligned in a straight line angled distally towards the ventral edge. Pedipalp chela with three Eb trichobothria on manus ( Fig. 9). Carapace anterior edge with epistome present medially. Third and fourth legs with long tibial spurs. Coxae of legs short, not elongated. Sternum subpentagonal, roughly as wide as long, exhibiting minor horizontal compression. Movable finger of pedipalp longer than manus. Telson vesicle globular, equipped with a small but distinct subaculear tubercle. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 10–12 cutting rows of granules. Pedipalps, metasoma and telson densely hirsute. Pectines with enlarged basal middle lamellae and with fulcra.

SUBORDINATE TAXA. Thaicharmus mahunkai Kovařík, 1995 ( Figs. 18–24); Thaicharmus lowei Kovařík , Sole- glad et Fet, 2007 ( Figs. 15–17); Thaicharmus indicus sp. n. ( Figs. 1–14, 25–29).