Heterometrus indus ( De Geer, 1778 ), 2000
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Heterometrus indus ( De Geer, 1778)
( Figs. 15 View Figures 12–15 , 482–507 View Figures 482–485 View Figures 486–489 View Figures 490–493 View Figures 494–499 View Figures 500–501 View Figures 502–503 View Figures 504–511 , 573 View Figures 571–574 )
Scorpio indus De Geer, 1778: 341–343 .
Heterometrus indus indus: Couzijn, 1981: 121–123 , fig. 35 (in part).
Heterometrus indus: Fet, 2000: 446–448 (complete reference and synonymy list until 1998); Kovařík, 2004: 17–20 View Cited Treatment (in part) (complete reference and synonymy list until 2004); Kovařík, 2009: 38, 80, 105, figs. 50–56, 249–252.
= Scorpio ceylonicus Herbst, 1800: 83–84 , fig. 1, Tab. V (syn. by Kraepelin, 1899: 113).
= Heterometrus (Heterometrus) spinifer solitarius Couzijn, 1981: 93–94 , fig. 23. Syn. n.
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. " India " (incorrect type locality; see Kovařík, 2004: 20); NHRS.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Sri Lanka, Kandy, 30.III.1902, 1♂, FKCP; GoogleMaps Peradeniya, 3♂ 2♀ ( Figs. 502–503 View Figures 502–503 ) 6juvs., IV.1994, FKCP; leg. P. Senft; GoogleMaps Central Province, Kandy District, Hantana (Peradeniya), University land, 07° 14'54.7"N 080°36'54"E, 760 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CA, Fig. 575 View Figures 575–576 ), 19. –21.IV.2015, 1♂ ( Figs. 482–483 View Figures 482–485 , 486, 488 View Figures 486–489 , 490 View Figures 490–493 , 494, 496–499 View Figures 494–499 , 505–507 View Figures 504–511 ) 1♀ ( Figs. 484–485 View Figures 482–485 , 487, 489 View Figures 486–489 , 491–493 View Figures 490–493 , 495 View Figures 494–499 , 504 View Figures 504–511 , 573 View Figures 571–574 ), FKCP, 4♀ 1juv., UPSL, leg. Kovařík et al.; GoogleMaps Central Province, Kandy District , 20 km S Kandy, Meegammana , Wattegama , 07° 20'41.9"N 080°39'30.6"E, 534 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CC, Fig. 577 View Figures 577–578 ), 21.IV.2015, 1♀, FKCP, leg. Kovařík et al GoogleMaps .
DIAGNOSIS. Total length 90–130 mm long. Color of adults uniformly reddish black to greenish black. Pectinal teeth number 10–15 in both sexes. Sexual dimorphism in proportions of pedipalps not noticeable. Pedipalp chela hirsute, lobiform, without carinae on dorsoexternal surface, but may bear rows of granules. Chela length/ width ratio 1.8–2.0 in adults. Entire manus covered by rounded granules that may merge and appear as rows. Pedipalp patella without pronounced internal tubercle. Carapace smooth, glossy, occasionally with granules at margins. Second metasomal segment approximately as long as wide. Fifth segment of metasoma approximately as long as pedipalp femur, fourth segment of metasoma shorter than pedipalp femur. Dorsal and dorsolateral carinae of metasomal segments smooth. Vesicle of telson usually longer than aculeus. Spination formula of tarsomeres II of legs: 3/4: 2-4/3-4: 4/4-5: 4/5.
COMMENTS. Heterometrus (Heterometrus) spinifer solitarius Couzijn, 1981 was described from a female (109 mm long) from Sri Lanka, Peradeniya, where H. indus is very common and H. swammerdami is not very common. The original description of H. spinifer solitarius lacks clear diagnostic characters and any connection to H. spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828) . The type locality of H. spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828) 'India' must be regarded as erroneous. The species is known from Malaysia and Thailand, and probably also from Cambodia and Vietnam ( Kovařík, 2009: 35, 44).
DISTRIBUTION. Sri Lanka.
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Heterometrus indus ( De Geer, 1778 )
Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A. 2016 |
Scorpio ceylonicus
KRAEPELIN 1899: 113 |
HERBST 1800: 84 |
Scorpio indus
GEER 1778: 343 |