Scorpiops dastychi

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

Scorpiops dastychi Fig. 61

Scorpiops dastychi Kovařík, 2000: 170-172, 197, fig. 29, 33-34, 45, 50-51, tab. 1-3

Current combination.

Scorpiops dastychi Kovařík, 1999

Holotype.

( Fig. 61 A–C ) ♂ (ZMH-A0001062), India, [Uttarakhand], Himalaya, Molta [30°28 ’52” N, 79°32 ’23” E], 3000m, 06.05.1956 (ZMH 11, batch no. 386), Deutsche Indien-Expedition 1955-57, G. A. von Maydell leg. (ZMH Eing. Nr 1, 1956).

Paratypes.

♀ ( Fig. 61 D–F , ZMH-A0001063), same data as holotype; India, [Uttarakhand], Himalaya, Molta [30°28 ’52” N, 79°32 ’23” E], 3000m, Deutsche Indien Expedition 1955-57, G. A. von Maydell leg. (ZMH Eing. Nr 1, 1956); 16.05.1956 (batch no. 402-403), Kovařík Paratypes No. 11-16, 6 ♂ (ZMH-A0002192); 17.05.1956 (batch no. 405), Kovařík Paratypes No. 17-18, 2 ♂ (ZMH-A0002196); 26.05.1956 (batch no. 416), Kovařík Paratypes No. 19-23, 5 ♂ (ZMH-A0002198); 11.V.1956 (batch no. 430), Kovařík Paratypes No. 24-25, 2 ♂ (ZMH-A0002197); 09.05.1956 (ZMH 20, batch no. 389), Kovařík Paratypes no. 32-35, 1 subadult ♀, 2 juveniles (ZMH-A0002203); 16.05.1956 (ZMH 12-13, batch no. 402-403), Kovařík Paratypes no. 38-47, 1 ♂, 4 subadult ♂, 5 subadult ♀ (ZMH-A0002202); 9.V.1956 (ZMH 18, batch no. 405), Kovarik Paratypes no. 48-59, 12 ♀ (ZMH-A0002210); 26.05.1956 (ZMH 14, batch no. 416), Kovařík Paratypes no. 60-62, 3 subadult ♀ (ZMH-A0002201); 11.06.1956, (ZMH 19, batch no. 430), Kovařík Paratypes No. 63-67, 2 subadult ♀, 2 subadult ♂, 1 juvenile (ZMH-A0002194); 13.06.1956 (ZMH 17, batch no. 432), Kovařík Paratypes No. 68, 1 ♀ (ZMH-A0002199);19.06.1956 (ZMH 11, batch no. 449), Kovařík Paratypes no. 69-72, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2 juveniles (ZMH-A0002193); 6.06.1956 (ZMH 11, batch no. 386), Kovařík Paratypes no. 74-76, 3 juveniles (ZMH-A0002195); 09.05.1956 (ZMH 20, batch no. 388), Kovařík Paratypes no. 77-79, 3 juveniles (ZMH-A0002209); 16.05.1956 (ZMH 12-13, batch no. 402-3), Kovařík Paratypes no. 80-83, 1 subadult ♂, 3 juveniles (ZMH-A0002204); 11.06.1956 (ZMH 19, batch no. 430), Kovařík Paratypes no. 84-86, 3 juveniles (ZMH-A0002206); 19.06.1956 (ZMH 05, batch no.449), Kovařík Paratypes no. 87, 1 juvenile (ZMH-A0002207); 19-20.06.1956 (ZMH batch no. 444) Kovařík Paratype no. 88, 1 juvenile (ZMH-A0002208); ( Kovařík Paratypes no. 26) 1 ♂ (ZMH-A0002205), India, [Uttarakhand], Himalaya, Timli [30°22 ’19” N, 77°43 ’11” E], Siwalik [ Siwālik Range] [30°17 ’51” N, 77°47 ’41” E], 19.07.1956 (ZMH 02, batch no. 513), Deutsche Indien-Expedition 1955-557, G. A. von Maydell leg. (ZMH Eing. Nr 1, 1956); ( Kovařík Paratypes no. 73) 1 subadult ♂ (ZMH-A0002200), India, [Uttarakhand], Himalaya, Chakrāta [30°42 ’13” N, 77°51 ’49” E], 19.06.1956 (ZMH 09, batch no. 448), Deutsh Indien Expedition 1955-57, G. A. von Maydell leg. (ZMH Eing. Nr 1, 1956).

Remarks.

Other paratypes are deposited in the following institutions: BMNH ( Kovařík Paratype 5: 1 male), SMFD ( Kovařík Paratype 6: one male), ZMB ( Kovařík Paratypes 7, 37: one male and one female), ROCC ( Kovařík Paratype 8: one male), MZUF ( Kovařík Paratype 9: one male), NMPC ( Kovařík Paratypes 10, 36: one male and one female), MBCZ ( Kovařík Paratype 30: one female), MCSN ( Kovařík Paratype 31: one female), FKCP ( Kovařík Paratypes 1-4, 27-29: four males, two females).

Remarks on collector.

Gustav Adolf von Maydell led the German India-Expedition 1955-58, which was commissioned by the Zoological Institute and Museum of Hamburg ( Oboussier and v. Maydell 1959, 1960 [see map for detail about collecting localities]; Brandon-Jones 2004 [estimated GPS coordinates of Molta: p. 1578]; Grimm 2011). The botanical, zoological and ethnological material from his expedition was deposited in scientific institutions in Hamburg, but also in Wuppertal, Stuttgart and Bremen.

Figures

Figure 61. Scorpiops dastychi Kovarik 2000, male holotype (A-C), female paratype (D-F): A, D dorsal aspect of habitus B, E ventral aspect of habitus C, F retrolateral aspect of chela illustrating dentate margins of fingers. Scale bars: 10 mm (A-B, D-E), 1 mm (C, F).