Lychas laevifrons (Pocock)

Aswathi, K. & Sureshan, P. M., 2017, Scorpion fauna (Arachnida: Scorpiones) of Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala with an illustrated key to the families and genera, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 140-145 : 142

2. Lychas laevifrons (Pocock) ( Figure 2)

1891. Isometrus shoplandi : Pocock, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool).: 434 (in part)

1897. Archisometrus laevifrons Pocock, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc.: 113.

1900. Lychas laevifrons : Pocock, Fauna Brit. India, Arachn.: 41.

Material examined: 2♀, India: Kerala: Idukki ,

Reg. No. ZSI/WGRC//IR/INV 5016; 1♂, 2♀, Churulipatty

Aswathi. K, Reg.No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV 4585; 1♂,

m), 12.ix.2015, P.M. Sureshan, Reg. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/ INV 4818; 1♂, Alampatty, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary

P.M. Sureshan, Reg. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/4767.

Diagnosis: Total length 41-69 mm. Entire body coarsely granular; mesosomal tergites II-VI with tricarinae, but female in having longer metasoma and a deep cut in the segments I-III with 10 keels, segment IV with 8 keels and segment V with 5 keels. Telson, golden brown with thin vesicle possess brown bands ventrally, subaculear tubercle present. Pectinal teeth number 22-25. Legs variegated yellow and black. For trichobothrial pattern see Tikader and Bastawade1983: 83 p.

Distribution: India: Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Africa and Oceania.

Remarks

Kerala, collected under boulders in the thorny forests, not making holes.