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