Scorpio (Chactas) fuchsii
An annotated catalogue of the scorpion types (Arachnida, Scorpiones) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Part I: Parvorder Iurida Soleglad & Fet, 2003
Monod, Lionel
Duperre, Nadine
Harms, Danilo
Evolutionary Systematics
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Arachnida
Chactidae
Scorpio
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Animalia
Scorpio (Chactas) fuchsii
Scorpiones
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Arthropoda
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fuchsii
Chactas
Scorpio (Chactas) fuchsiiBerthold, 1846: 60-62
Current senior synonym. Chactas vanbenedenii(Gervais, 1843) [Synonymized by Kraepelin 1894: 171]
Lectotype. ( Fig. 16 A-B) ♂ (ZMH-A0003050), Colombia, [Cauca], Popayan[ 2°26 '17"N, 76°36 '47"W], coll. 1893, Museum Goettingen.
Paralectotype. ( Fig. 16 C-D) ♀ (ZMH-A0003050), same data as holotype
Remarks. A label in the jar mentions " Chactas vanbenedenii(Gervais), Original-Exemplar zu Chactas fuchsiiBerthold Kraepelin", confirming that these two specimens are the original series examined by Berthold (1946). The male is designated here as lectotype and the female is a paralectotype. Figure 16. Chactas fuchsiiBerthold, 1846 [= Chactas vanbenedenii(Gervais, 1843)], male lectotype ( A-B), paralectotype (female) ( C-D): A, Cdorsal aspect of habitus B, Dventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.