Opisthophthalmus leipoldti

Monod, Lionel, Duperre, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2019, An annotated catalogue of the scorpion types (Arachnida, Scorpiones) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Part I: Parvorder Iurida Soleglad & Fet, 2003, Evolutionary Systematics 3 (2), pp. 109-200 : 109

Opisthophthalmus leipoldti Fig. 52

Opisthophthalmus leipoldti Purcell, 1898: 18-20, pl. III, fig. 5

Current combination.

Opistophthalmus leipoldti Purcell, 1898 [relegated as a subspecies of O. capensis by Hewitt 1918: 113, elevated to species status by Prendini 2001: 31]

Probably not types.

1 ♂ ( Fig. 52 A–B ), 1 ♀( Fig. 52 C–D ), 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 subadult ♀ (ZMH-A0000916), [South Africa], Cap Colonie [Western Cape], Clanwilliam [32°10 ’54” S, 18°53 ’31” E], 27.12.1895, C. L. Leipoldt leg., F. Purcell don.

Remarks.

Purcell (1898) listed 21 specimens (4 males, 6 females, 11 juveniles) from Clanwilliam in the type series located in the South African Museum (Cape Town). The ZMH specimens are a gift to the Hamburg Museum but they are probably not part of the original series as explained by Prendini (2001). One lectotype male and 20 paralectotypes (three males, four females, one subadult male, four subadult females and eight juveniles) from the series of syntypes held at the SAMC were designated by Prendini (2001: 31). Given that the number of specimens at the SAMC matches the original data by Purcell, it is doubtfull that the five ZMH specimens are types ( Prendini 2001: 47).

Figures

Figure 52. Opistophthalmus leipoldti Purcell, 1898, male (A-B), female (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.