Cercophonius sulcatus

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

Cercophonius sulcatus Fig. 12

Cercophonius sulcatus Kraepelin, 1908c: 102-103

Current combination.

Cercophonius sulcatus Kraepelin, 1908

Lectotype.

( Fig. 12 A–B ) ♀ ( ZMH-A0000930), [Western Australia], Torbay (station 162) [35°01 ’24” S, 117°39 ’38” E], 19.08.1905, Wilhelm Michaelsen leg., Hamburg’s South-West Australia Expedition 1905, ded. 06.1908.

Paralectotypes.

( Fig. 12 C–D ) subadult ♂ ( ZMH-A0000930), same data as lectotype; ♀ ( ZMH-A0001061), [Western Australia], Lunenberg (station 138) [33°20 ’06” S, 116°02 ’08” E], 22.09.1905, Wilhelm Michaelsen leg., Hamburg’s South-West Australia Expedition 1905, ded. 06.1908; juvenile ( ZMH-A0002237), [Western Australia], South Albany (station 167) [35°01 ’36” S, 117°53 ’01” E], 06.1905, Wilhelm Michaelsen leg., Hamburg’s South-West Australia Expedition 1905, ded. 06.1908.

Remarks.

Kraepelin (1908c) and Acosta (1990) listed 7 specimens as type material. Acosta (1990: 18) designated the female from Torbay as lectotype and the remaining specimens as paralectotypes. Three specimens from the original series are lodged in the collections of the Berlin Museum ( ZMB): 1 juvenile ( ZMB/Arach-15397), Collie (station 137); 2 juveniles ( ZMB/Arach-15398), Boyanup (station 146). Lunenburg was an old settlement near the current town of Dwellingup in southwestern Australia.

Remarks on collector.

See paragraph on Cercophonius granulosus Kraepelin, 1908 above.

Figures

Figure 12. Cercophonius sulcatus Kraepelin, 1908, female lectotype (A-B), subadult male paralectotype (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 5 mm.