Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A., 2016, Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat n, Euscorpius 220, pp. 1-133 : 47-48

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https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7124519

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scientific name

Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845
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Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845 View in CoL

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Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845: 3 View in CoL (in part), fig. 962, Tab. CCCXCVIII; Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 40–107, figs. 9 9–285; Kovařík, 1997: 311–371, figs. 1–116, 122–123; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 158–169 (complete reference list until 1998); Kovařík & Ojanguren, 2013: 194–211, 361–378, figs. 1410–1600 (reference and synonymy list until 2013).

= Archisometrus Kraepelin, 1891: 75 (in part);

type species by subsequent designation (L. E. Koch, 1977: 123) Tityus marmoreus C. L. Koch, 1845 (syn. by Pocock, 1900: 35).

= Lychas (Distotrichus) Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 41–51 , figs. 99–129 (syn. by Vachon, 1986: 848).

= Lychas (Alterotrichus) Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 52–71 , figs. 130–184) (syn. by Kovařík, 1995: 188).

= Lychas (Endotrichus) Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 71–107 , figs. 185–285 (syn. by Kovařík, 1995: 188).

TYPE SPECIES. Lychas scutilus C. L. Koch, 1845 View in CoL .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 21.8– 90 mm. Sternum type 1, subpentagonal or subtriangular. Pedipalps orthobothriotaxic, type Aβ; patella trichobothrium d 3 external to dorsomedian carina; chela with 3 Eb trichobothria on manus. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle. Third and fourth legs with tibial spurs. Pectines with conspicuous or inconspicuous fulcra, rarely without fulcra. Pectinal teeth number 8–26. Movable fingers of pedipalps with six rows of granules and external and internal granules and apical row represented by 3 or 4 accessory granules. Total number of terminal granules 6 or 7. Carapace in lateral view with entire dorsal surface horizontal, or nearly so. Telson with distinct subaculear tooth. Fifth metasomal segment with carinae.

DISTRIBUTION. Lychas is one of the most widely distributed genera of the family Buthidae , with species present in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Loc

Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A. 2016
2016
Loc

Lychas (Distotrichus)

VACHON, M. 1986: 848
TIKADER B. K. & D. B. BASTAWADE 1983: 51
1983
Loc

Lychas (Alterotrichus)

KOVARIK 1995: 188
TIKADER B. K. & D. B. BASTAWADE 1983: 71
1983
Loc

Lychas (Endotrichus)

KOVARIK 1995: 188
TIKADER B. K. & D. B. BASTAWADE 1983: 107
1983
Loc

Archisometrus

KRAEPELIN 1891: 75
1891
Loc

Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845: 3

KOVARIK, F & A. A. OJANGUREN AFFILASTRO 2013: 194
FET, V. & W. D. SISSOM & G. LOWE & M. E. BRAUNWALDER 2000: 158
KOVARIK 1997: 311
TIKADER B. K. & D. B. BASTAWADE 1983: 40
KOCH 1845: 3
1845
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