Orobothriurus alticola : Maury 1976: 17 Cei, 1982: 660 Orobothriurus famatina Acosta Acosta and Ochoa, 2001: 205–211 Ochoa, 2004a: 43 Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005: 177–181 Systematic Revision Of The Andean Scorpion Genus Orobothriurus Maury, 1976 (Bothriuridae), With Discussion Of The Altitude Record For Scorpions Ochoa, José A. Ojanguren Affilastro, Andres A. Mattoni, Camilo I. Prendini, Lorenzo Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 2011-11-23 2011 359 1 90 757VR Acosta, 2001 Acosta 2001 [140,573,832,855] Arachnida Bothriuridae Orobothriurus GBIF Animalia Scorpiones 52 52 Arthropoda species famatina      Orobothriurus alticola: Maury 1976: 17(part);  Cei, 1982: 660, 669 [misidentification].    Orobothriurus famatinaAcosta in  Acosta and Ochoa, 2001: 205–211, figs. 4–14;  Ochoa, 2004a: 43, 52, 55, 73, table 1;  Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005: 177–181, figs. 458–466, 477, 488, 663, table 15.   TYPE MATERIAL:  ARGENTINA: La Rioja Province:   FamatinaDepartment: Holotype♂ (MACN-Ar 9932), Sierra de Famatina, Rio Orocanyon, path to Mina El Oro, 29 °069S 67 °429W,  2450 m,  6.xii.1998, L. Acosta, M. Acostaand G. Repossi.  Paratypes: same data, 1 ♂, 1 ♀( LEA 240), 1 ♂ ( CDA 051), 1 ♂ ( MHNC);  Famatina,  iv.1951, R. González Amorío, 1 ♀(MACN-Ar 6844);  Mina El Oro, Chilecito,  ii.1956, M.E. Galiano, 1 ♀(MACN-Ar 6843);  Sierra de Famatina, path to Mina La Mejicana,  3060 m,  5.xii.1998, L. Acosta, M. Acosta, and G. Repossi, 1 ♀( CDA 050), 1 ♀(MACN-Ar 9933), 1 ♀( MHNC). NEW RECORDS:  ARGENTINA: La Rioja Province:  FamatinaDepartment: Sierra de Famatina, Cuevas de Noronha(path to La Mejicana mine), 28 °559310 S 67 °409230W, 2846 m, 29.i.2006, L. Piacentini, L. Compagnucci, and A. Ojanguren Affilastro, 2 ♂, 6 ♀, 12 juv.(MACN-Ar), 2 ♀( AMNH[LP 5846]).  DIAGNOSIS:  Orobothriurus famatinais most closely related to  O. calchaqui(fig. 5), from which it differs in the following respects.  Orobothriurus famatinapossesses one ML macroseta on metasomal segment IV and only 10 %of the specimens possess one DL macroseta on segment III (absent in 90 %), whereas  O. calchaquipossesses two or three macrosetae on segment IV and 70 %of the specimens possess one DL macroseta on segment III (absent in 30 %). There are also differences in the trichobothrial pattern. Pedipalpal chela trichobothria dband Et 3are located in the same axis as, or slightly distal to Estin 70 %and 30 %of the specimens of  O. famatina, respectively, but always located proximal to Estin  O. calchaqui. Pedipalp patella trichobothrium em 2is located in the same axis as, or distal to em  1in70 %of the specimens of  O. famatina, but proximal to em  1in80 %of the specimens of  O. calchaqui.  Orobothriurus famatinamay be differentiated from  O. compagnucciby the more elongated apex of the hemispermatophore lamina: the apex comprises 66.6– 68.48 %(  n5 3, mean 5 67.02 %) of the lamina in  O. famatina(fig. 36F–H) and 52.17 %–54.54 %(  n5 3; mean 5 52.98 %) in  O. compagnuccii(fig. 36A–C). The two species can also be separated by the VL and VSM carinae of metasomal segment I and sternite VII in the male, which are well developed in  O. famatina, and weakly developed to absent in  O. compagnuccii(fig. 18F).  DISTRIBUTION:  Orobothriurus famatinais known only from high altitudes ( 2500– 3200 m) of the Sierra Famatina, a mountain range close to the Andes, in La Rioja Provinceof central-western Argentina(figs. 3G, 54).  ECOLOGY: This species inhabits an area of grassland and shrub steppe that belongs to the Prepuna and Altoandina phytogeographic provinces ( Cabrera and Willink, 1980; fig. 3G). It occurs in sympatry with another bothriurid,  Bothriurus olaen Acosta, 1997( Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005). 3053988344 1998-12-06 MHNC L. Acosta & M. Acosta & Repossi. Argentina 2450 Rio Oro Sierra de Famatina 52 52 LEA 240, CDA 051 1 1 La Rioja holotype 3053988364 1998-12-06 MHNC L. Acosta, M. Acosta and G. Repossi Argentina 2450 Rio Oro Sierra de Famatina 52 52 LEA 240, CDA 051 1 1 La Rioja paratype 3053988375 1951-04 R. Gonzalez Amorio Argentina Famatina 52 52 1 1 La Rioja holotype 3053988386 1956-02 Mina El Oro & M. E. Galiano Argentina Chilecito 52 52 1 1 La Rioja holotype 3053988349 1998-12-05 MHNC Acosta & M. Acosta & G. Repossi Argentina 3060 Mina La Mejicana Sierra de Famatina 52 52 CDA 050 3 3 La Rioja holotype