Pseudouroctonus Stahnke, 1974

Ayrey, Richard F., Kovařík, František & Myers, Brandon T., 2021, A new species of Pseudouroctonus from the Pinaleño Mountains southern Arizona (Scorpiones Vaejovidae), Euscorpius 338, pp. 1-12 : 1

Pseudouroctonus Stahnke, 1974

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SYNONYMS:

Ruberhieronymus Rossi, 2018 , syn. n. Type species: Uroctonus apacheanus Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972 .

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Note: We synonymize here the generic name Ruberhieronymus Rossi, 2018 , which was recently introduced for the “ Pseudouroctonus apacheanus ” group (i. e. P. apacheanus , P. brysoni , P. kremani , P. santarita ). We see no justification and no detailed study of these species conducted by Rossi (2018) for separating this group from the rest of the genus Pseudouroctonus . In a bizarre statement, Rossi (2018: 28) says “since the present study is just a piece of the puzzle, it is impossible at the moment to establish how, and which, species indeed belong to the genus Pseudouroctonus Stahnke, 1974 senso [sic] stricto.”

Figures

Figures 1–2. Pseudouroctonus moyeri sp. n., paratypes, female (1) and male shortly after last ecdysis (2).

Figures 3–6: Pseudouroctonus moyeri sp. n., paratypes. Figures 3–4. Female in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views. Figures 5–6. Male in dorsal (5) and ventral (6) views.

Figures 7–14. Pseudouroctonus moyeri sp. n., paratype male (FKCP), pedipalp. chela, dorsal (7), external (8), and ventral (9) views. Patella, dorsal (10), external (11) and ventral (12) views. Femur and trochanter dorsal (13). Movable finger (14).

Figures 15–21. Pseudouroctonus moyeri sp. n., paratype male (FKCP), sternopectinal area (15), left chelicerae, ventral view (16), right legs III–IV, retrolateral aspect (17–18), metasoma and telson lateral (19), ventral (20) and dorsal (21) views.

Figures 22–31: Pseudouroctonus moyeri sp. n., paratype male (USNM). Figures 22–25. Hemispermatophore internal (22), ventral (23), external (24), and dorsal (25) views. Figures 26–31. Mating plug dorsal (26), distal (27), ventral (28), proximal (29), internal (30), and external (31) views.

Figure 32–33. Pseudouroctonus moyeri sp. n., paratype juvenile female 4th instar (32) and female with newborns (33).

Figure 34–35: Figure 34. Map showing the type localities for the four species of Pseudouroctonus known from southern Arizona. Figure 35. Pseudouroctonus moyeri sp. n., type locality.