An annotated catalogue of the scorpion types (Arachnida, Scorpiones) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Part I: Parvorder Iurida Soleglad & Fet, 2003 Author Monod, Lionel Author Duperre, Nadine Author Harms, Danilo text Evolutionary Systematics 2019 3 2 109 200 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.37464 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.37464 2535-0730-2-109 87602625AF8D4A3FBAE5F35C09FB6C00 48BB2ADCDFB750ACA7D9EC306EC80801 Opisthacanthus transvaalicus ochripes Fig. 39 Opisthacanthus transvaalicus ochripes Kraepelin, 1911: 82 Current senior synonym. Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) validus Thorell, 1876 [synonymized by Lourenco 1987 : 905] Lectotype. ( Fig. 39 A-C ) ♂ (ZMH-A0001097), [South Africa], Transvaal, 04.04.1909, Museum Amsterdam. Paralectotypes. 1 ♀ ( Fig. 39 D-E , ZMH-A0001096), 1 ♂, 2 subadult ♀, 1 juvenile, same data as lectotype. Remarks. A male from the syntype series is designated here as lectotype and the remaining specimens as paralectotypes. Opisthacanthus transvaalicus ochripes and O. transvaalicus Kraepelin, 1911 (see below) are currently considered junior synonyms of O. validus . However, the morphology of chelal fingers in males (the length of fingers compare to the manus and the lobe and notch of the cutting edges) are markedly different in these two taxa (see Fig. 39C and 41C ), indicating that they should be considered as distinct species. Therefore at least one of these taxa should be separated from O. validus , and possibly both. However, examination of the type specimens of O. validus is necessary to unambiguously clarify the taxonomic status of O. transvaalicus and O. transvaalicus ochripes . For the time being, both taxa are left in the synonymy of O. validus . Figure 39. Opisthacanthus transvaalicus ochripes Kraepelin, 1911 [= Opisthacanthus validus Thorell, 1876], male lectotype ( A-C ), female paralectotype ( 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 ).