Opisthacanthus africanus pallidus

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

Opisthacanthus africanus pallidus Fig. 40

Opisthacanthus africanus pallidus Lourenço, 2003: 141-146, fig. 14-17

Current combination.

Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) africanus pallidus Lourenço, 2003

Holotype.

( Fig. 40 D–F ) ♀ (ZMH-A0001085), Western Africa, Angola, Luanda, Zovo, Mabete, Caungula (8.07°S, 18.08°E, alt. 850m), 17-19.07.1962, trou d’arbre debout [hole in standing tree], A. de Barros Machado leg. (ZMH Eing. Nr. A28/03).

Paratypes.

1 ♂ ( Fig. 40 A–C ), 4 juveniles (ZMH-A0001084), same as holotype (ZMH Eing. Nr. A29/03).

Figures

Figure 40. Opisthacanthus africanus pallidus Lourenco, 2003, male paratype (A-C), female holotype (D-F): A, D dorsal aspect of habitus B, E ventral aspect of habitus C, F retrolateral aspect of chela illustrating dentate margins of fingers. Scale bars: 10 mm (A-B, D-E), 5 mm (C, F).