Vaejovis mexicanus, C. L. Koch, 1836

Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2008, Contributions to scorpion systematics. III. Subfamilies Smeringurinae and Syntropinae (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), Euscorpius 71 (71), pp. 1-115 : 99-102

“mexicanus ” group:

V. acapulco Armas et Martín-Frías, 2001 V. carolinianus (Beauvois, 1805) V. cashi Graham, 2007

V. chamelaensis Williams, 1986 V. chiapas Sissom, 1989

V. chisos Sissom, 1990

V. dugesi Pocock, 1902

V. feti Graham, 2007

V. franckei Sissom, 1989

V. granulatus Pocock, 1898

V. jonesi Stahnke, 1940

V. lapidicola Stahnke, 1940

V. kuarapu Francke et Ponce Saavedra, 2006 V. maculosus Sissom, 1989

V. mexicanus C. L. Koch, 1836

V. monticola Sissom, 1989

V. nayarit Armas et Martín-Frías, 2001 V. nigrofemoratus Hendrixson et Sissom, 2001 V. pattersoni Williams, 1980

V. paysonensis Soleglad, 1973

V. pusillus Pocock, 1898

V. rossmani Sissom, 1989

V. setosus Sissom, 1989

V. smithi Pocock, 1902

V. sprousei Sissom, 1990

V. tesselatus Hendrixson et Sissom, 2001 V. vaquero Gertsch et Soleglad, 1972 V. vorhiesi Stahnke, 1940

Vaejovinae in North America with the ranges of genera

Distribution. Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas), USA (Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia).

The range of the “mexicanus ” group of Vaejovis exhibits three primary disjunct parts (see map in Fig. 207): Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico (species V. jonesi , V. lapidicola , V. paysnensis, V. vorhiesi , V. cashi , and V. feti ); southeastern United States ( V. Carolinianus ); and southern Mexico from San Luis Potosí to Chiapas, where the bulk of the species occur, including V. mexicanus (the type species of Vaejovis ), V. smithi , V. granulatus , V. pusillus , and others (see list above). Separate, individual disjunct ranges also exist for V. pattersoni (extreme southern Baja California Sur), V.

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vaquero (central Chihuahua), V. chisos (border of Texas, Chihuahua and Coahuila), and V. sprousei (Nuevo León and Tamaulipas).