Opisthophthalmus intercedens

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 intercedens Fig. 50 C–D

Opisthophthalmus intercedens Kraepelin, 1908d: 262, 265

Current combination.

Opistophthalmus intercedens Kraepelin, 1908

Paralectotype.

1 juvenile (ZMH-A0002215), [Namibia], Kl. Namaland, [Karas Region], Kubub [26°44 ‘00“ S, 16°17 ‘00“ E], Leonhard Schultze leg., ded 06.1907.

Remarks.

Kraepelin (1908d) mentioned two juveniles and a subadult female as type specimens. A female and one juvenile are present in the ZMB collections and these were designated as lectotype (ZMB/Arach-14973) and paralectotype (ZMB/Arach-14973) by Lamoral (1979: 723).

Remarks on collector.

Leonhard Sigmund Schultze (1872-1955) was a German ethnologist and zoologist. He led a major expedition to Namibia in 1903-1905 ( Schultze 1907) and between March and May 1904. The party visited the area between Angra Pequena and Kubub ( Schultze 1907, 1908 [see map]; also see Harms and Dupérré 2018 for details). After returning to Germany, he was Director of the Museum of Ethnology from 1913 to 1937.

Figures

Figure 50. Opistophthalmus granicauda Purcell, 1898, male paralectotype (A-B). Opistophthalmus intercedens Kraepelin, 1908, juvenile paralectotype (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.