Iuridae, Thorell, 1876

Soleglad, Michael E., Kovařík, František & Fet, Victor, 2009, Etudes on iurids, I. The orthobothriotaxic pattern of Iuridae, with observations on neobothriotaxy in genus Iurus (Scorpiones: Iuroidea), Euscorpius 79 (79), pp. 1-21 : 3

Iuridae trichobothrial pattern

Figures 1–2 illustrate the “standard” set of orthobothriotaxic designations for family Iuridae as defined by Vachon (1974). As is evident from these illustrations, many unusual features are present, which makes this pattern quite unique within Type C scorpions (i.e., parvorder Iurida as defined by Soleglad & Fet, 2003).

Figures

Figure 1: Trichobothrial pattern of Calchas nordmanni, female, Anamur, Turkey. Trichobothrial series identified by the first letter: femur, i = internal, d = dorsal, e = external; patella, i = internal, d = dorsal (d1–d2), eb = external basal (eb1–eb5), esb = external suprabasal (esb1–esb2), em = external median (em1–em2), est = external subterminal, et = external terminal (et1–et3), v = ventral (v1–v3); chela, Eb = external basal (Eb1–Eb3), Esb = external suprabasal, D = dorsal (Db–Dt), Est = external subterminal, Et = external terminal (Et1–Et5), V = ventral (V1–V4), e = external (eb–et), d = dorsal (db–dt), i = internal (ib–it); special petite trichobothria indicated by “p”, three on the chela and two on the patella.

Figure 2: Trichobothrial pattern of Iurus dufoureius, female, Nedontas River, between Artemisia and Kalamata, Greece. Trichobothrial series identified by the first letter: see Fig. 1 for definition of these series; special petite trichobothria indicated by “p”, three on the chela and two on the patella.