Ischnurus asper

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

Ischnurus asper Fig. 35 D–F

Ischnurus asper Peters, 1861b: 513-514

Current combination.

Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) asper (Peters, 1861).

Syntype.

♀ ( Fig. 35 D–F , ZMH-A0000917), Mozambique, Inhambane [23°51 ’54” S, 35°23 ’00” E], Cotype des Originals [co-type of the original], 05.1911, W. Peters leg (ZMB).

Remarks.

Three syntypes from Inhambane are present in the ZMB collections (ZMB/Arach-47, ZMB/Arach-7241). Peters did not provide the number of specimens in his original description. Although referred to as a co-type on the label, the specimen in the ZMH likely belongs to the type series (matching locality and referred to as a gift from the original author) and is thus considered a syntype.

Figures

Figure 35. Opisthacanthus aequispinnus Kraepelin, 1911 [= Opisthacanthus diremptus (Karsch, 1879)], male syntype (A-C). Ischnurus asper Peters, 1861 [= Opisthacanthus asper (Peters, 1861)], female syntype (D-F): A, D dorsal aspect of habitus B, E ventral aspect of habitus C, F retrolateral aspect of chela illustrating dentate margins of fingers. Scale bars: 10 mm (A-B, D-E), 5 mm (C, F).