Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828

Kovařík, František, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Sanjeewa Jayarathne, V. A., Hoferek, David & Šťáhlavský, František, 2019, Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part III Heterometrus yaleensis sp n (Scorpionidae), Euscorpius 283, pp. 1-13 : 1-2

Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828

( Figs. 1–53, Table 1)

Buthus (Heterometrus) Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828: pl. 1, figs 1–2 (part, only fig. 2); Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829: 351.

Heterometrus: Kovařík, 2004: 1–59 , figs. 1–32 (complete reference list until 2004); Kovařík, 2009: 34–49, 73–113, figs. 1–283; Kovařík et al., 2016: 96–113, figs. 15, 458– 546, 571–574.

TYPE SPECIES. Buthus (Heterometrus) spinifer Ehrenberg, 1828 , by subsequent designation ( Karsch, 1879: 20) .

DIAGNOSIS: Pedipalp femur with three trichobothria, only one of which is on the internal surface. Patella of pedipalp with 19–20 trichobothria, three on ventral surface, and 13 on external surface. Chela of pedipalp with 26 trichobothria. Retrolateral pedal spurs absent. Lateroapical margins of tarsi produced into rounded lobes. Metasomal segments I to IV with paired ventral submedian carinae. Stridulatory organ located on opposing surfaces of pedipalp coxa and first leg. Total length 60 to 180 mm.