Broteochactas delicatus (Karsch, 1879)

Ythier, Eric, 2018, A synopsis of the scorpion fauna of French Guiana, with description of four new species, ZooKeys 764, pp. 27-90 : 45-47

Broteochactas delicatus (Karsch, 1879) Fig. 22

References.

Karsch 1879, Pocock 1897, Lourenço 1983, Fet et al. 2000, Lourenço 2002a, Soleglad and Fet 2005, Prendini and Wheeler 2005, Stockmann and Ythier 2010.

Material.

Camopi, Oyapock Valley, one female, MNHNRS3300, mission E. Aubert de la Rüe coll., 20/XII/1948. Camopi, Oyapock Valley, one male and two females, MNHNRS3392, mission E. Aubert de la Rüe coll., 18/XII/1948. St Georges de l’Oyapock, one female, W. Lourenço leg., 20/VIII/1982. Inini , Institut Pasteur Station, in forest, one female, MNHNRS6271, J.P. Gasc coll., 16/VII/1972. Inini , Institut Pasteur Station, one female, MNHNRS6273, J.P. Gasc coll., 13/VII/1972. Saül, six males and six females, MNHNRS5287, A.S. Balachowsky coll., 27/X/1969. Saül, inselberg Dashine, under barks on the ground from the standing dead tree, one male, deposited in the MNHN, J.P. Mauries coll., 05/IV/1997. Saül, Gros Arbres trail, two females and eleven immatures, deposited in the RNA, J. Chevalier, B. Tan & R. Legallic coll., 23/VIII/2017. Saül, Belvédère, one female and four immatures, deposited in the RNA, J. Chevalier, B. Tan & R. Legallic coll., 21-22/VIII/2017. Saut Sabbat, one female and 17 immatures, MNHNRS8202, D. Kopp coll., 9/VII/1976. Saut Sabbat, one female, MNHNRS8204, D. Kopp coll., 15/VII/1975. Trinité reserve, Aya River, UV collected, one male, deposited in the MNHN, C. Courtial coll., XII/2010. Nouragues reserve, inselberg, UV collected on a dead trunk, one immature male, deposited in the MNHN, C. Courtial coll., 06-09/XII/2013. Cacao, one male and one female, deposited in the MHNG, W. Lourenço leg., II/1989. Cacao, one female, deposited in the EYPC, EY0030, E. Ythier coll., 03-11/XI/2010. Cacao, beginning of Molokoi path, one male and one female, deposited in the EYPC, EY0104, E. Ythier coll., 03-10/XI/2006. Maripasoula, one female, deposited in the MHNG, Marty coll., X/1987. Mitaraka Massif, camp, one female, deposited in the MNHN, MNHN/PNI Guyane 2015, E. Poirier, P.H. Dalens & J. Touroult coll., 26/II/2015. Mana, path of the Forêt des Sables Blancs, two males and two females, deposited in the RNA, J. Chevalier & B. Tan coll., 08/VII/2017. Mana, path of the Forêt des Sables Blancs, three immatures, deposited in the RNA, J. Chevalier & B. Tan coll., 08/VII/2017. Guyane, one female, MNHNRS0755.

Diagnosis.

Species of moderate to large size when compared with the average size of the other species within the genus, ranging from 44 to 50 mm in total length. General coloration reddish to dark reddish. Carapace reddish with some light brown zones on the anterior edge and around the ocular tubercle; the areas between the anterior edge and the ocular tubercle as well as areas of furrows almost without pigmentation; ocular tubercle dark, almost black. Tergites reddish with several yellowish reticular diffuse spots on all tergites. Sternites yellowish with brown spots on lateral edges, especially on sternites VI and VII; pectines and genital operculum yellow ochre. Metasomal segments of same color as the tergites. Vesicle reddish yellow with basis of aculeus reddish and tip of aculeus reddish black. Chelicerae yellowish with longitudinal brown spots; basis of fingers and fingers dark brown. Pedipalps reddish with diffuse and reticular light brown spots on femur and patella. Legs yellowish with diffuse light brown spots. Carapace slightly emarginated, almost straight; almost smooth, with few minute granules only on lateral areas. Tergites almost smooth, with scattered minute granulations. Pectinal tooth count ranging from seven to nine in male and 7-7 in female. Sternites smooth; spiracles oval to round in shape. All metasomal segments with dorsal and latero-dorsal carinae well-marked; other carinae weakly marked or absent; segment V with spinoid granulations ventrally. Vesicle flattened, moderately granular; aculeus of moderate size compared to vesicle. Pedipalp femur with four well-marked carinae; patella with three carinae, chela with two carinae; femur and patella feebly granulated; chela well granulated on dorsal and internal sides, with granules arranged in four longitudinal wide series on external side; fingers about the same length as the chela and with dentate margins on movable fingers with six rows of granules, separated by stronger accessory granules.