Opisthacanthus minor

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

Opisthacanthus minor Fig. 37

Opisthacanthus minor Kraepelin, 1911: 75, 79-80

Current senior synonym.

Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) validus Thorell, 1876 [synonymized by Lourenço 1987: 905]

Syntypes.

1 subadult ♂ ( Fig. 37 A–B ), 1 subadult ♀ ( Fig. 37 C–D ), 3 juveniles ( ZMH-A0001093), [South Africa], Kapland [Western Cape], Frenchhoek in der Nähe von Kapstadt [Franschhoek Valley near Cape Town] [33°54 ’38” S, 19°07 ’11” E], 01.04.1909, S. Afer leg., Museum Amsterdam don.

Remarks.

Kraepelin (1911) mentioned the presence of specimens von Mphome, Transvaal (South Africa) in the Berlin Museum. Fet (2000a) listed 7 syntypes in the ZMB collections. The specimens have registration numbers ZMB/Arach-7319 and ZMB/Arach-7321.

Figures

Figure 37. Opisthacanthus minor Kraepelin, 1911 [= Opisthacanthus validus Thorell, 1876], subadult male syntype (A-B), subadult female syntype (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.