Vejovoidus, Stahnke, 1974

Mcwest, Kari J., 2009, Tarsal spinules and setae of vaejovid scorpions (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), Zootaxa 2001, pp. 1-126 : 95-97

Genus VEJOVOIDUS Stahnke

n = 1/1

The monotypic genus Vejovoidus is a distinctive psammophilic taxon possessing hirsute telotarsi. It appears to be more closely related to Smeringurus than to any other genus (Sissom, pers. comm., 1996).

Vejovoidus longiunguis (Williams)

( Figs. 13, 334)

The male paratopotype was examined for setal and basitarsal counts. The specimen possesses a single minor seta located between the distal retroventral and distal ventral setae. Basitarsi I–III are distinctly laterally compressed. Basitarsi I and II completely lack ventral spinules; on other vaejovids these legs have complete ventral spinule rows. Unlike any other vaejovid examined, the telotarsal setae are quite numerous, variable in size and shape ( Fig. 13), and are essentially aligned along the inferior and terminal setal territories on the retrolateral side and among the median, terminal, and inferior setal territories on the prolateral aspect. The prolateral setae form a brushlike array and the retrolateral aspect has a bristlecomb of retrosuperior and retrosuperior terminal setae. The ventral telotarsal setae are spatulate and may have a sensory function ( Fig. 334).

Telotarsus: Setae (103): ri–rmt, 40; rs, 4; rst, 3 (2 on superoterminal lobe); pi–pmt, 53; ps, 0; pst, 3 (on superoterminal lobe). Spinules (20): ds, 3; vms, 9; bs, 8.

Specimens examined: MEXICO: Baja California Sur, 12 km S Guerrero Negro , (paratopotypes) 1 f, 1 m ( FSCA) .