Scorpiops afghanus

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

Scorpiops afghanus Fig. 60 A–C

Scorpiops afghanus Lourenço & Qi, 2006: 278, 280-284, figs. 2-15

Current combination.

Scorpiops afghanus Lourenço & Qi, 2006

Holotype.

( Fig. 60 A–B ) ♀ (ZMH-A0002212), Afghanistan, [Badakhshan Province], [ Wākhān District], Valley of Vakhan, W of Langar [37°02 ’08” N, 73°49 ’00” E], E of Panjeh [ Qal‘ah-ye Panjah] [37°00 ’02” N, 72°34 ’50” E], 3400m, 4.VI.1971, C. Naumann and E. Kullmann leg.

Paratypes.

2 juveniles (ZMH-A0002211), same data as holotype

Remarks on collector.

Clas Michael Naumann zu Königsbruck (1939-2004) was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Bonn and director of the Museum Alexander König in Bonn. His main interest was the biogeography of Afghanistan where he traveled extensively. Ernst Kullmann (1931-1996) was a German arachnologist and director of the Cologne Zoological Garden. The travel route of the "deutschen zoologish-botanischen Expedition 1971", in which Naumann and Kullman took part, is presented in the map of Naumann and Niethammer (1973: map p. 239).

Figures

Figure 60. Scorpiops afghanus Lourenco & Qi, 2006, female holotype (A-C). Scorpiops affinis Krapelin, 1898 [= Scorpiops hardwickii (Gervais, 1843)], male lectotype (D-F): A, D dorsal aspect of habitus B, E ventral aspect of habitus C, F retrolateral aspect of chela illustrating dentate margins of fingers. Scale bars: 10 mm (A-B), 5 mm (D-E), 1 mm (C), 0.5 mm (F).