Microananteris minor Lourenço, 2003

Lourenço, Wilson R., 2021, The genus Microananteris Lourenço, 2003 in French Guiana (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Zoosystema 43 (20), pp. 377-386 : 379

Microananteris minor Lourenço, 2003

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Microcharmus minor Lourenço, 2003: 1152 .

TYPE MATERIAL. — French Guiana. Holotype. ♀; Central region , near to the village of Saül, 2 km SW of the airfield; 3°37’22”N, 53°12’30”W; 19.III.1999; J.-M. Betsch leg.; dense humid forest at low altitude, in organic soil (extracted by the Berlese method); MNHN-RS-RS8602 .

REVISED DIAGNOSIS. — Total length, including telson 13.90 mm (see Table 1). Anterior margin of carapace with a weak median concavity. Very small pectines with 10-10 teeth. Spiracles with a semi-oval shape.Telson without granulations, almost smooth. Dorsal carinae of metasomal segments II-IV with weakly marked spinoid granules. Trichobothria: Eb 2,3 of chela hand in a distal position; dt and db of fixed finger basal in relation to et; d 5 and e 1 of femur aligned at the same level.

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FIG. 3. — Microananteris minor Lourenço,2003,female holotype: A-E, trichobothrial pattern:A, B, chela,dorso-external and ventral aspects; C, D, patella, dorsal and external aspects; E, femur, dorsal aspect; F, metasomal segments III-V and telson, lateral aspect. Scale bars: 1 mm.