Ischnurus caudicula

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 caudicula Fig. 28 C–D

Ischnurus caudicula L. Koch, 1867: 237-239

Current senior synonym.

Hormurus waigiensis (Gervais, 1843) [synonymized by Kraepelin 1901e: 272]

Holotype.

Subadult ♀ ( ZMH-A0002225), Australien [Australia], Brisbane [27°28 ’04” S, 153°01 ’41” E], coll. 1886, Museum Godeffroy (no. 244).

Remarks on collector.

The specimen was almost certainly collected by Amalie Dietrich (1821-1891) who was collecting in Queendland on behalf of the Godeffroy estate from 1863 to 1872. She was the only woman ever hired for such a position. Dietrich collected extensively in the wider Brisbane region after her arrival but the exact locality data remain unknown.

Figures

Figure 28. Hormurus boholiensis Kraepelin, 1914, female lectotype (A-B). Ischnurus caudicula L. Koch, 1867 [= Hormurus waigiensis (Gervais, 1843)], subadult female holotype (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.