Scorpio maurus occidentalis
An annotated catalogue of the scorpion types (Arachnida, Scorpiones) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Part I: Parvorder Iurida Soleglad & Fet, 2003
Monod, Lionel
Duperre, Nadine
Harms, Danilo
Evolutionary Systematics
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Arachnida
Scorpionidae
Scorpio
CoL
Animalia
Scorpio maurus
Scorpiones
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Arthropoda
subSpecies
maurus
occidentalis
Scorpio maurus occidentalisWerner, 1936: 184-185, fig. 4
Current combination. Scorpio occidentalisWerner, 1936 [elevated to species rank by Lourenco2009: 103]
Neotype. ♂ (ZMH-A0000895), Senegal, [ Kedougou], Parc National du Niokolo-Kola [Niokolo-Koba National Park] [ 13°00 '27"N, 12°54 '52"W], 11.1979, P. M. Brignoli leg. (ZMH Eing. Nr. A8/09).
Remarks. Werner (1936)described the species from "Senegal, Wuestengebiet noerdlichdes Oberen Gambia" and Weidner (1959)listed the male holotype as lost ( "verbrannt"). The original type was destroyed in 1943 according to Fet (2000c). Lourenco(2009)elevated the subspecies occidentalisto species level and designated a neotype. Figure 58. Scorpio occidentalisWerner, 1936, male neotype, habitus Adorsal aspect Bventral aspect. Scale bars: 10 mm.