Iomachus laeviceps (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 : 143

5. Iomachus laeviceps (Pocock) ( Figure 6 )

1893. Iomachus laeviceps :Pocock, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc.: 300. 1968. Iomachus laeviceps :Sreenivasa Reddy, Bull. Mus. natn. Hist.

Nat., Paris, 2 e ser: 1066.

Material examined: 3♀, 1♂, 22 juveniles, India: Kerala :

Reg. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV 5017; 4♀, Chempakkad

K.G. Emiliyamma, Reg. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV 3941; 3♀ , Churulipatty (Lat. 10.353’N, Long.77.198’E, Alt. 553.5 m), 21.ix.2014, K. G. Emiliyamma, Reg. No. ZSI/ WGRC / IR/INV3942; 1♀

Alt. 877.4 m), 12.ix.2015, P. M. Sureshan, Reg.No.ZSI/

No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/4817.

present at the anterior margin of the carapace; anterior eye situated in the ratio 1: 1.5; dorsally body dark brown except the legs with clear yellow; mesosomaltergites with a median longitudinal elevation; metasoma slender. Telson vesicle pyriform with short aculeus. Pectinal teeth number 5-6.Trichobothrial pattern see Tikader and Bastawade 1983: 493 p.

Distribution: India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Remarks: Mostly occupy in rock crevices but they were not fossorial in habit. Collected from the thorny scrub forests of Churulipatty and Champakkad regions of the Sanctuary.

Figures

Figure 6. Iomachus laeviceps.