Opisthophthalmus fuscipes

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 fuscipes Fig. 49

Opisthophthalmus fuscipes Purcell, 1898: 20-23

Current combination.

Opistophthalmus fuscipes Purcell, 1898

Paralectotypes.

1 ♂ ( Fig. 49 A–B ), 1 ♀ ( Fig. 49 C–D ) ( ZMH-A0001865), [South Africa], Kapland [Western Cape], Tulbagh Division, near the railway station [33°19 ’13” S, 19°05 ’59” E] Tulbagh Road at the foot of the Waterfall Mountains, F. Purcell leg.

Remarks.

Purcell (1899: 149-150) considered O. fuscipes as a subspecies of Opistophthalmus capensis (Herbst, 1800). Prendini (2001) subsequently highlighted consistent diagnostic differences between the two taxa and thus reinstated O. fuscipes as a species. Prendini (2001) also designated lectotype and paralectotype from the syntype series housed in the SAMC collection but did not cite the present specimens. Purcell (1898) mentioned that numerous specimens were part of the type series without giving a precise number. Given that the data of the present specimens match that of the original description, they are considered as paralectotypes.

Figures

Figure 49. Opistophthalmus fuscipes Purcell, 1898, 1 male (A-B), female (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.