Isometrus (Isometrus) thurstoni Pocock, 1893

Kovařík, František, 2003, A review of the genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with descriptions of four new species from Asia and Australia, Euscorpius 10 (10), pp. 1-19 : 4

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Isometrus (Isometrus) thurstoni Pocock, 1893
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Isometrus (Isometrus) thurstoni Pocock, 1893 View in CoL

Isometrus thurstoni Pocock, 1893a: 297 View in CoL ; Kraepelin, 1895: 89; Kraepelin, 1896: 126; Kraepelin, 1899: 67; Pocock, 1900: 47; Kraepelin, 1908: 190; Kraepelin, 1913: 135; Mello-Leitao, 1934: 8; Takashima, 1945: 86. Isometrus (Isometrus) thurstoni: Vachon, 1972: 177 View in CoL ; Vachon, 1976: 38; Vachon, 1982: 90; Kovařík, 1997a: 8; Kovařík, 1998b: 111; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 150.

Isometrus (Raddyanus) thrustoni: Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 273 .

? = Isometrus (Closotrichus) sankariensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 311 . Syn. n.

Isometrus (Isometrus) sankariensis: Kovařík, 1994: 201 ; Kovařík, 1997a: 8; Kovařík, 1998b: 111; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 150.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. India, Sheveroy Hills ; BMNH.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. India, Sheveroy Hills , 1♂ (lectotype hereby designated), leg. Edgar Thurston, BMNH No. 1891.5.22.1 .

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. India, S. Coorg , III.1952, 1♂, leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; Tamil Nadu State, Karikal, Tanjore District , 20.IV.1951, 2♀ (im.) (det.?), leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; Tamil Nadu State, Karikal, Terrotory, Kurumbagaram , I.1954, 1♂, leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; Nilgiri Hills, Singora , 30.IX.1953, 1♀, leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; Nilgiri Hills, Singora , 23.V.1954, 1♀, leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; M Cgiri Hills, Singora , 30.IV.1954, 1♀, CASC ; Tamil Nadu State, Shevary Hills, Yercaua , 3.VII.1954, 1♀, 16.VII.1954, 1♂, II.1955, 1♂ 1♀, 24.II.1955, 1im., leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; Tamil Nadu State, Coimbatore , VI.1958, 1♀ (im.), leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; Tamil Nadu State, Coimbatore , XI.1961, 1♂ (im.), leg. P. Susai Nathan, FKCP ; Karnataka State, Mysore , 10 mi. SW Shimoga, 600 m., 19.II.1962, 1♀ 15juvs before first ecdysis, leg. E. S. Ross & D. Q. Cavagnaro, CASC ; Karnataka State, Mysore , 8 mi. W Hunsur, 800 m., 21.II.1962, 1♀ leg. E. S. Ross & D. Q. Cavagnaro, CASC ; Karnataka State, Mysore , 12 mi. E Virajpet, 850 m., 24.II.1962, 1♀, leg. E. S. Ross & D. Q. Cavagnaro, CASC ; Karnataka State, Mysore , 2 mi. NW Punjur, 850 m., 13.III.1962, 1♀, leg. E. S. Ross & D. Q. Cavagnaro, CASC ; Pondichery State, Karikal, Madras , XII.1962, 1♂, leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; Pondichery State, Karikal, Madras , IX.1963, 1♀ (im.), leg. P. Susai Nathan, CASC ; West Bengal State, Calcutta , 17.VIII.1965, 1♀, leg. B. V. College, CASC ; West Bengal State, 25 mi. Calcutta , 6.XI.1966, 1♂, leg. Dr. N. K. Paul, CASC ; Kerala Peryar res., 1♀ (im.), 15.IV.1993, leg. P. Senft, FKCP ; Kerala Munar env., Kalar wall., 2♀ (im.), 29–31.V.1994, leg. R. Sauer, FKCP ; Tamil Nadu, Mudumalai N.P., 1♀, 18.VI.1994, leg. R. Sauer, FKCP ; Kerala, 15 km SW Munnar, Kallar Valley , 1250 m, 10°02’N 76°58’E, 5.V.1997, 3♀ 1juv., leg. Dembický & Pacholátko, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri hills, 15 km SE of Kotagirl, Kunjappanai env., 76°56’E 11°22’N, ca 900 m, 22–30.V.1999, 2♂ 4♀ 4 juvs., leg. Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Karnataka, Coorg , 10 km SE of Virajpet, 75°46’E 12°06’N, ca 500– 900 m, V.1999, 1♀, leg. Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna, FKCP GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu) ( Pocock, 1893a: 299; Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 280, Fet & Lowe, 2000: 150) (Kerala) (first record), Sri Lanka ( Pocock, 1900: 48).

COMMENTS. In their description of Isometrus sankariensis, Tikader & Bastawade (1983) distinguished I. thurstoni on the position of trichobothrium db. My examination of the lectotype reveals the position of that trichobothrium in their Figs. 796 and 797 on p. 279 to be incorrectly drawn. It is situated between trichobothria dt and et and not between et and est. Specimens in my collection that I considered to be I. sankariensis (see Kovarik, 1994: 201) are immature females of I. thurstoni .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Genus

Isometrus

Loc

Isometrus (Isometrus) thurstoni Pocock, 1893

Kovařík, František 2003
2003
Loc

Isometrus (Isometrus) sankariensis: Kovařík, 1994: 201

KOVARIK 1998: 111
KOVARIK 1997: 8
KOVARIK 1994: 201
1994
Loc

Isometrus thurstoni

KOVARIK 1998: 111
KOVARIK 1997: 8
VACHON M. 1982: 90
VACHON 1976: 38
VACHON 1972: 177
TAKASHIMA 1945: 86
KRAEPELIN 1913: 135
KRAEPELIN 1908: 190
POCOCK 1900: 47
KRAEPELIN 1899: 67
KRAEPELIN 1896: 126
KRAEPELIN 1895: 89
POCOCK 1893: 297
1893
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