Opisthacanthus madagascariensis

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 madagascariensis Fig. 34

Opisthacanthus madagascariensis Kraepelin, 1894: 120, 125-126, pl. II, fig. 44, 51

Current combination.

Opisthacanthus (Monodopisthacanthus) madagascariensis Kraepelin, 1894

Lectotype.

♀ ( Fig. 34 A–C , ZMH-A0000918), Madagascar, [Mahajanga Province], [Boeny Region], Majunga [15°43 ’00” S, 46°19 ’00” E], 1893, Lübeck Völkerkundemuseum.

Paralectotype.

♀ ( ZMH-A0001871), same data as lectotype.

Remarks.

Kraepelin (1894) mentioned an additional specimen from the Berlin Museum in the type material. According to the ZMB online catalogue, a paratype from Majunga is present in their collection ( ZMB/Arach-3823). This specimen is thus part of the type series and a syntype. One specimen is designated as lectotype and the other as paralectotype.

Remarks on collector.

These specimens were probably collected by P. Frey. Brancsik (1893) mentioned that Frey reached Nosy Bé from Majunga.

Figures

Figure 34. Opisthacanthus madagascariensis Kraepelin, 1894, female syntype A dorsal aspect of habitus B ventral aspect of habitus C retrolateral aspect of chela illustrating dentate margins of fingers. Scale bars: 10 mm (A-B), 5 mm (C).