Opisthophthalmus adustus

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

Opisthophthalmus adustus Fig. 46

Opisthophthalmus adustus Kraepelin, 1908d: 260-261

Current combination.

Opistophthalmus adustus Kraepelin, 1908

Lectotype.

( Fig. 46 C–D ) ♀ ( ZMH-A0000910), Deutsch Südwestafrika [Namibia], Friedrich Fülleborn leg., ded. 04.1908.

Paralectotype.

( Fig. 46 A–B ) ♂ ( ZMH-A0000910), same data as lectotype.

Remarks.

The specimens were designated lectotype and paralectotype respectively by Lamoral (1979: 675).

Remarks on collector.

Friedrich Georg Hans Heinrich Fülleborn (1866-1933) was a medical doctor from West Prussia (now Poland) who specialized in tropical medicine and parasitology. From 1896 onwards, he was a military physician assigned to the Schutztruppe in German East Africa (now Namibia) ( Leipoldt 2006). In 1898-1900, he participated in the Nyassa- und Kingagebirgs Expedition to the southern part of the colony where he conducted anthropological and ethnographic research ( Fülleborn 1906; J.W.G. 1907). In 1901, he returned to Germany and was appointed Director of the Department of Tropical Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at the Hamburg Institute for Marine and Tropical Diseases.

Figures

Figure 46. Opistophthalmus adustus Kraepelin, 1908, male paralectotype (A-B), female lectotype (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.