Hadogenes longimanus Prendini, 2001

PRENDINI, LORENZO, 2006, New South African Flat Rock Scorpions (Liochelidae: Hadogenes), American Museum Novitates 3502 (1), pp. 1-32 : 6-7

Hadogenes longimanus Prendini, 2001

Hadogenes bicolor Purcell, 1899 : Hewitt, 1918: 160, 161 (part), pl. 30, figs. 88, 89; Newlands, 1980 (unpublished): 99–105 (part), fig. 48 (part); Newlands and Cantrell, 1985: 40, 42, 44 (part).

Hadogenes longimanus Prendini, 2001a: 156– 159 , figs. 1 , 11–21 , 34, 37 , table 2; Prendini, 2001b: 137.

Hadogenes longimanus: Prendini, 2005a: 67 , appendix 1.

TYPE MATERIAL: SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga Province: Groblersdal District : Holotype? ( SAMC C4602 ) , 20 km S of Groblersdal on road to Middelburg , 25820.309S 29822.859E, 13.i.2000, L. Prendini and I. Engelbrecht, 1077 m, mixed bushveld, crevices in granite rocks. Paratypes: same data as holotype, 2? 2/ 2 subad. / 1 juv.? ( SAMC C4603 ) . Bronkhorstspruit District: Bundu Inn, on road from Bronkhorstspruit to Groblersdal [258299S 298019E], 18.xii.1980, M. Stiller, on hill, under large granite rock lying on rock face, many millipede (Juliform) and beetle remains, 1/ ( NMSA 13931 ) ; same data, except ‘‘ 20.xii.1980 ’’, 1/ ( SAMC C1600 ) ; Farm Boekenhoutskloofdrift 286 [258189S 298019E], 20.ix.1982, E. Voigt, 1? ( TMSA 12507 ) . Middelburg District: 55 km S of Groblersdal on road to Middelburg , 25832.279S 29828.679E, 13.i.2000, L. Prendini and I. Engelbrecht, 1509 m, grassland and mixed bushveld, crevices in sandstone, 1? 5/ 1 juv.? ( SAMC C4600 ) , 1? 1/ ( CAS), 2 juv. / ( AMCC 138995 , 138996 ) ; Farm Noupoort 16, Selons River [258259S 298289E], 1933, 2? ( TMSA 17458 , 17513 ) ; Fort Merensky, Botshabelo Nature Reserve, 25841.829S 29824.879E, 14.i.2000, L. Prendini and I. Engelbrecht, 1410 m, grassland, with mixed bushveld along banks of Olifants River , under flat stones and in crevices (sandstone), 2? 12/ ( SAMC C4601 ) , 1? 1/ ( AMNH). Witbank District : 2­ D Ranch [Loskop Dam Nature Reserve], 25822.1019S 29818.4099E, x.1989, L. Prendini and M. R. Filmer, 1070 m, in crevices, 2/ ( SAMC C4596 ) ; same data, except ‘‘ x.1994, I. Engelbrecht’ ’, 1/ 1 juv. / ( SAMC C4595 ) , 1/ ( SAMC C4598 ) ; same data, except ‘‘ N. MacLean’ ’, 1/ ( SAMC C4599 ) ; same data, except ‘‘ J. Laing’ ’, 1 subad.? ( SAMC C4594 ) ; Amaphi Nature Reserve, on road from Loskop Dam to Verena [25821.669S 29818.69E], 14.i.2000, L. Prendini and I. Engelbrecht, 1102 m, mixed bushveld, in crevices in granite, 1/ 1 subad.? ( SAMC C4597 ) . Gauteng Province: Bronkhorstspruit District: Farm Zusterstroom 447, 258359S 298019E, 4.xi.1977, G. Newlands, 1? ( TMSA 17452 ) , 2/ ( TMSA 17453 , 17460 ) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: SOUTH AFRI­ CA: Gauteng Province: Bronkhorstspruit District: Farm Zusterstroom 447, ca. 11 km E Vaalplaas turnoff on R25 from Bronkhorstspruit to Groblersdal , 25836.2909S 28859.8759E, 19.x.2004, I. Engelbrecht, 1235 m, ridges with valleys, broadleaf savanna on red loamy soil with grass and litter layer, moderate S slope, 1/ 1 subad.? 1 juv. / ( NCA AcAT 2005/504); Renosterpoort [Farm 498, 258459S 288579E], 10 km E of Bronkhorstspruit, 1.iv.1984, G. Newlands, 1/ ( AMNH [ AH 3350 ]). Mpumalanga Province: Witbank District : Ezemvelo Nature Reserve , 258429S 298019E, 26– 30.i.2004, K. Manamela, 1 subad.? ( TMSA 22859 ); Ezemvelo Nature Reserve , 258439S 288579E, 1.iii.2005, GDACE, 1 subad. / ( NCA AcAT 2005/513); Marulani Lodge, just S Loskop Dam, 25826.3669S 29824.5179E, 3.x.2004, I. Engelbrecht, 1050 m, sympatric with Parabuthus transvaalicus Purcell, 1899 , 1 subad.? ( NCA AcAT 2005/ 506) .

Figures

Fig. 1. Map showing the known distribution of species in the bicolor group of Hadogenes: H. bicolor Purcell, 1899 (square), H. longimanus Prendini, 2001 (cross), H. newlandsi Prendini, 2001 (star), H. polytrichobothrius n.sp. (triangle) and H. soutpansbergensis n.sp. (circle). Contour interval, 500 m.

Figs. 6–11. Hadogenes polytrichobothrius n.sp., carapace, pectines and sternites of? and / paratypes (AMNH). 6. Carapace,?. 7. Carapace, /. 8. Pectines and basal piece,?. 9. Pectines and basal piece, /. 10. Sternite VII,?. 11. Sternite VII, /. Scale bars 5 5 mm.

Figs. 12–15. Hadogenes polytrichobothrius n.sp., carinae, trichobothria and macrosetae on dextral pedipalpal segments of paratype / (AMNH). 12. Femur, dorsal aspect. 13. Patella, dorsal aspect. 14. Patella, external aspect. 15. Patella, ventral aspect. Scale bar 5 5 mm.

Figs. 16–19. Hadogenes polytrichobothrius n.sp., carinae, trichobothria and macrosetae on dextral pedipalpal segments of? and / paratypes (AMNH). 16. Chela, dorsal aspect,?. 17. Chela, dorsal aspect, /. 18. Chela, external aspect, /. 19. Chela, ventrointernal aspect, /. Scale bar 5 5 mm.

Figs. 20–21. Hadogenes polytrichobothrius n.sp., metasoma and telson of holotype? and paratype

Figs. 34–37. Hadogenes soutpansbergensis n.sp., carinae, trichobothria, and macrosetae on dextral pedipalpal segments of paratype / (AMNH). 34. Femur, dorsal aspect. 35. Patella, dorsal aspect. 36. Patella, external aspect. 37. Patella, ventral aspect. Scale bar 5 5 mm.