Syntropini Kraepelin, 1905

Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2008, Contributions to scorpion systematics. III. Subfamilies Smeringurinae and Syntropinae (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), Euscorpius 71 (71), pp. 1-115 : 89

Tribe Syntropini Kraepelin, 1905

Type Genus. Syntropis Kraepelin, 1900 .

References:

Syntropinae : Kraepelin, 1905: 340 (as subfamily).

Composition. This tribe, established here by Principle of Coordination (ICZN, 1999a, Article 36.1), includes the subtribes Syntropina and Thorelliina .

Distribution. Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, and most of mainland Mexico), USA (Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah).

This large tribe is distributed over most of southwestern United States and Mexico, see maps in Figs. 203–204 and discussions below for individual subtribes and genera.

Diagnosis. Basal pectinal teeth of female with sensorial areas; median (MD) and outer denticles (OD) of chelal fingers not serrate, MD + OD denticles density quotient medium, 51–74 (58); mating plug barb of hemispermatophore toothed; 2–4 ventral distal spinule pairs on leg tarsus; chelal trichobothrium Db located on or dorsal of digital (D1) carina; fixed finger trichobothria ib–it adjacent to basal inner denticle (ID); ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger with medium developed contiguous serrula (10–21 tines).

Discussion. See discussion of genera below.

Figures

Figure 203: General distribution of scorpion subfamily Syntropinae (tribe Syntropini, subtribe Syntropina) in North America with the ranges of genera Hoffmannius and Syntropis delineated.

Figure 204: General distribution of scorpion subfamily Syntropinae (tribe Syntropini, subtribe Thorelliina) in North America with the ranges of genera Kochius and Thorellius delineated.