Chactas lepturus major

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

Chactas lepturus major Fig. 18 A–B

Chactas lepturus major Kraepelin, 1912b: 67

Current combination.

Chactas major Kraepelin, 1912 [elevated to species status by Lourenço 1999: 127]

Holotype.

♀ (ZMH-A0002238), Columbien [Columbia], [Antioquia], La Camelia [6°06 ’00” N, 75°44 ’00” W], 1820 m alt., Otto Fuhrmann leg., ded. 10.1911.

Remarks.

Kraepelin (1912b) described this taxon as a subspecies of Chactas lepturus ( Chactas lepturus major ) and reported the type locality as "Angelopolis in Kolombien, Zentralkordillere, in 1890 Höhe; Gundua in Kolombien, Ostkordillere in 950 m Höhe”. The same locality was cited again in a subsequent publication ( Kraepelin 1914c). Sissom (2000) mentioned holotype and paratypes but he was not sure whether these specimens were present in the ZMH collection. Only one female is present in the ZMH collections and its primary data differ from the original description. We cannot exclude a transcription error in museum labels or Kraepelin’s original publication and since no other specimens of this species are available, the given specimen is treated as the holotype until more data become available. This specimen morphology is congruent with Kraepelin’s definition of C. major (pectinal tooth count 8-8, body length 56 mm) and suitable to diagnose the species.

Remarks on collector.

See paragraph on Chactas lepturus intermedius above.

Figures

Figure 18. Chactas lepturus major Kraepelin, 1912, female holotype (A-B) [= Chactas major Kraepelin, 1912]. Chactas ozendai Lourenco, 1999, male holotype (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 1 mm.