Opisthophthalmus latimanus karrooensis

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 latimanus karrooensis

Opisthophthalmus latimanus karrooensis Purcell, 1899: 1-5

Current combination.

Opistophthalmus karrooensis Purcell, 1899

Probably not types.

1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMH-A0001866), [South Africa], Cap-Kolonie [Northern Cape], Little Bushmanland [29°34 ’12.8” S, 18°30 ’58.6” E], 27.11.1898, F. Purcell leg.

Remarks.

The types could not be examined nor photographed as they were on loan at the time of writing. Fet (2000c) only listed specimens in the SAMC (62 syntypes) and none in the ZMH. Prendini (2001) designated lectotype and paralectotypes from a series of 129 specimens in the SAMC. The locality data mentioned by Fet (2000c) and Prendini (2001) do not correspond to the data of the present specimens which are thus probably not types. Prendini also confirms that he does not consider these specimens as type (pers. comm.).