Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836

Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2008, Contributions to scorpion systematics. III. Subfamilies Smeringurinae and Syntropinae (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), Euscorpius 71 (71), pp. 1-115 : 99

Genus Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836

Type Species. Vaejovis mexicanus C. L. Koch,

1836.

Synonyms:

Parabroteas Penther, 1913: 244–245, fig. 5; type species by monotypy Vaejovis mexicanus C. L. Koch, 1836 , as Parabroteas montezuma Penther, 19 13; a junior homonym of Parabroteas Mrázek, 19 02 (Crustacea); see Fet & Soleglad (2007) for taxonomic history and nomenclature.

Pentheria Francke, 1985: 3, 11, 16, 19; a replacement name for Parabroteas Penther, 1913; synonymized by Sissom, 2000: 529–530. Type species: Vaejovis mexicanus C. L. Koch, 1836 , as Parabroteas montezuma Penther, 1913; for details, see Fet & Soleglad (2007).

References (selected):

Vaejovis : C.L. Koch, 1836: 51; Pocock, 1898: 400; Pocock, 1902: 9; Ewing, 1928: 7, 9–10, 12 (in part); Williams, 1974: 15 (in part); Williams, 1980: 48–55 (in part); Sissom, 1990a: 110, 114 (in part); Stockwell, 1992: 419, figs. 4, 1 1, 23, 26, 36, 38, 41, 43, 45, 46, 50 (in part); Kovařík, 1998: 146 (in part); Beutelspacher, 2000: 56, 73, 152 (in part); Sissom, 2000: 529–552 (in part); Soleglad & Fet, 2003b: 88 (in part); Soleglad & Fet, 2005: 1–12, figs. 1, 4, 7, 20–29 ( “nigrescens ” group); Fet & Soleglad, 2007: 251–263, figs. 1–7 ( “mexicanus ” group).

Vejovis : Thorell, 1876: 10 (in part); Kraepelin, 1894: 182, 198 (in part); Kraepelin, 1899: 183– 185 (in part); Birula, 1917a: 163 (in part); Birula, 1917b: 57 (in part); Hoffmann, 1931: 346 (in part); Werner, 1934: 282 (in part); Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972: 553, 557, 559, 564, 593 (in part); Soleglad, 1973b: 351–360 ( “mexicanus ” group); Stahnke, 1974: 132–136 (in part).

Composition. The genus, currently comprised of 40

species, is divided into two informal groups, the “mexicanus ” group, comprised of 28 species, and “nigrescens ” group, comprised of 1 2 species: