Bothriurus titschacki

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

Bothriurus titschacki Fig. 9

Bothriurus titschacki Werner, 1939: 358-359, fig. 1

Current combination.

Centromachetes titschacki (Werner,1939)

Holotype.

( Fig. 9 A–C ) ♂ ( ZMH-A0000907), Chile, [ Biobío], Coronel [37°02 ’01” S, 73°08 ’24” W], Richard Paessler leg., ded. 15.01.1920.

Paratypes.

2 ♂ ( ZMH-A0002234), 1 ♀ ( Fig. 9 D–F , ZMH-A0000908), same data as holotype.

Paratypes.

6 ♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMH-A0002235), Chile, [ Biobío], Contulmo [38°00 ’56” S, 73°13 ’47” W], 1914-15, Richard Paessler leg., ded. 15.01.1920.

Remarks.

Werner (1939) described the species based on a male for which he provided measurements (holotype: total length 49mm, truncus [mesosoma] 20mm, cephalothorax [prosoma] 6 mm, hand 9 mm, pectinal teeth 9) and he also mentioned additional specimens (paratypes).

Remarks on collector.

Richard Paessler (1886-1920) was a ship’s captain, working for the firm Kosmos ( Garth 1957). He published a list of birds observed in the region of Coronel in Chile when he visited the area from 1914 to 1918 ( Pässler 1922).

Figures

Figure 9. Bothriurus titschacki Werner, 1939 [= Centromachetes titschacki (Werner, 1939)], male holotype (A-C), female paratype (D-F): A, D dorsal aspect of habitus B, E ventral aspect of habitus C, F pro-lateral aspect of chela. Scale bars: 10 mm (A-B, D-E), 0.5 mm (C, F).