Opisthacanthus transvaalicus

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.37464

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6A4CEA35-81E5-516D-8A7B-7C2B8C98EA99

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scientific name

Opisthacanthus transvaalicus
status

 

Opisthacanthus transvaalicus Fig. 41 View Figure 41

Opisthacanthus transvaalicus Kraepelin, 1911: 77, 82-83

Current senior synonym.

Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) validus Thorell, 1876 [synonymized by Lourenço 1987: 905]

Lectotype.

( Fig. 41 A–C View Figure 41 ) ♂ (ZMH-A0001099), [South Africa], Transvaal, 11.04.1909, Museum Amsterdam don.

Paralectotypes.

2 ♂, 1 ♀ ( Fig. 41 D–E View Figure 41 , ZMH-A0001098), 3 ♀, 2 juveniles (ZMH-A0001565), same data as lectotype.

Remarks.

A male from the syntype series is designated here as lectotype and the remaining specimens as paralectotypes. See paragraph on O. transvaalicus ochripes above.

Remarks on collector.

The specimens were probably collected by S. Afer for the Amerstam Museum. No further data are available.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Hormuridae

Genus

Opisthacanthus

SubGenus

Nepabellus