Palaeocheloctonus pauliani

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

Palaeocheloctonus pauliani Fig. 42

Palaeocheloctonus pauliani Lourenço, 1996: 37-38, fig. 95-104, 159, 161, 162

Current combination.

Palaeocheloctonus pauliani Lourenço, 1996

Paratype.

1 ♂ ( ZMH-A00001064), Madagascar Sud-Ouest [SW Madagascar], Province Tuléar, [Atsimo-Andrefana Region], Plateau Mahafaly, près de Behahitso [near Beahitse] [24°10 ’00” S, 44°26 ’00” E], 90m alt., zone à dolines [sinkhole area], haut fourré arbustif à Euphorbes et Didièréacées [vine and shrub thicket with Euphorbia and Didiereaceae], chasse à vue [on sight collecting], sous bois mort et pierres [under logs and stones], 01.1966, P. Griveaud leg. ( ZMH Eing. A75/98).

Remarks.

The holotype and one paratype are deposited in the MNHN in Paris, and two additional paratypes are in the MHNG collections.

Figures

Figure 42. Palaeocheloctonus pauliani Lourenco, 1996, male paratype, habitus A dorsal aspect B ventral aspect C retrolateral aspect of chela illustrating dentate margins of fingers. Scale bars: 10 mm (A-B), 5 mm (C).