Opisthophthalmus calvus

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

Opisthophthalmus calvus

Opisthophthalmus calvus L. Koch, 1867: 233-234

Current senior synonym.

Opistophthalmus latimanus C. L. Koch, 1841 [synonymized by Purcell 1899: 159-161]

Holotype.

♀ ( ZMH-A00001867), Südafrika, Museum Godeffroy (2248).

Remarks.

The holotype could not be examined nor photographed as it was on loan at the time of writing. The data provided here were taken from Weidner (1959) and Fet (2000c). Prendini (2001: 29) confirmed the synonymy of O. calvus with O. latimanus after examination of the present holotype.