Neogrosphus Lourenço, 1995

Lowe, Graeme & Kovařík, František, 2019, Review of Grosphus Simon 1880 with description of Teruelius gen n a new buthid genus from Madagascar (Scorpiones Buthidae), Euscorpius 281, pp. 1-128 : 12

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https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss281.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5741323

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Neogrosphus Lourenço, 1995
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Genus Neogrosphus Lourenço, 1995 View in CoL

( Figs. 25–39 View Figures 21–27 View Figures 28–29 View Figures 30–35 View Figures 36–39 , 69–70 View Figures 52–70 , 87 View Figures 86–89 , 106–121, 606–619 View Figures 606–609 View Figures 610–619 , Tabs. 1–4 View Table 1 )

Neogrosphus Lourenço, 1995a: 100–101 View in CoL ; Lourenço, 1996a: 444, 447; Lourenço, 1996b: 16; Kovařík, 1998: 115; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 187; Lourenço, 2003a: 577; Soleglad & Fet, 2003b: 88; Fet et al., 2005: 3, 22, 26; Prendini & Wheeler, 2005: 481; Lourenço et al., 2006b: 266; Dupré, 2007: 7, 13, 17; Kovařík, 2009: 22; Loria & Prendini, 2014: 25; Lourenço et al., 2015: 769, fig. 2, 6; Loria & Prendini, 2018: 184.

DIAGNOSIS. A member of the ‘ Grosphus ’ group differentiated as follows: small-sized scorpions, adults ca. 24–30 mm in length; pedipalp finger granule rows 8–9 ( Fig. 612–613, 616 View Figures 610–619 ), movable finger with no more than 3 external subdistal granules; femur trichobothrium d 2 located on dorsal, carinal or internal surface; chela manus with petite trichobothrium Eb 3 usually well separated from Eb 2, by more than half the distance between Eb 1 and Eb 2 ( Figs. 25–27 View Figures 21–27 ); manus trichobothrium V 2 strongly displaced internally relative to V 1 ; higher pectinal tooth counts: ♂ 27– 31, ♀ 27–29 ( Figs. 28–31 View Figures 28–29 View Figures 30–35 ); basal pectinal tooth of females wide, oval, only slightly longer than other teeth ( Fig. 614 View Figures 610–619 ); hemispermatophore capsule short, posterior lobe rounded, without lanceolate extension ( Fig. 70 View Figures 52–70 ); sternites with moderately narrow spiracles ( Figs. 610, 614 View Figures 610–619 ); metasoma I with ventromedian carinae moderate, finely granulate; telson with elongate vesicle, without subaculear tubercle; legs with ventral surface of telotarsus densely setose, with> 20 long, filiform setae ( Figs. 618–619 View Figures 610–619 ); telotarsus with dorsal terminal process very small; cuticle with strong UV fluorescence.

SUBORDINATE TAXA.

Neogrosphus andrafiabe Lourenço, Wilmé & Waeber, 2015

Neogrosphus blanci Lourenço, 1996

Neogrosphus griveaudi ( Vachon, 1969)

REMARKS. Neogrosphus shares some primitive characters with Grosphus , and some derived characters with Teruelius gen. n. (summarized in Table 4 View Table 4 ). One interpretation of this is that Neogrosphus is descended from an intermediate stage in the evolution of Teruelius gen. n. from a Grosphus - like ancestor. Other characters, such as small size, internal displacement of V 2, reduced dorsal terminal process of telotarsus and elongated telson appear to be autapomorphies for the genus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Loc

Neogrosphus Lourenço, 1995

Lowe, Graeme & Kovařík, František 2019
2019
Loc

Neogrosphus Lourenço, 1995a: 100–101

LORIA, S. F. & L. PRENDINI 2018: 184
LOURENCO, W. R. & A. BEIGEL 2015: 769
LORIA, S. F. & L. PRENDINI 2014: 25
KOVARIK, F. 2009: 22
DUPRE, G. 2007: 7
LOURENCO, W. R. & V. SOARIMALALA & S. M. GOODMAN 2006: 266
FET, V. & M. E. SOLEGLAD & G. LOWE 2005: 3
PRENDINI, L. & W. WHEELER 2005: 481
LOURENCO, W. R. 2003: 577
SOLEGLAD, M. E. & V. FET 2003: 88
FET, V. & G. LOWE 2000: 187
KOVARIK, F. 1998: 115
LOURENCO, W. R. 1996: 444
LOURENCO, W. R. 1996: 16
LOURENCO, W. R. 1995: 101
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