Typhlochactinae Mitchell, 1971
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https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12785247 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A87D5-D73C-F539-FF61-5CE4FCB752FE |
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Felipe |
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Typhlochactinae Mitchell, 1971 |
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Subfamily Typhlochactinae Mitchell, 1971
Type Genus. Typhlochactas Mitchell, 1971 View in CoL .
Composition. This subfamily includes three genera ( Alacran View in CoL , Sotanochactas View in CoL , and Typhlochactas View in CoL ).
Distribution. North America ( Mexico).
Taxonomic history. This taxon was originally introduced as a subfamily of Chactidae . It corresponds to the tribe Typhlochactini of Francke (1982a).
Diagnosis. Synapomorphies. Ventral surface of leg tarsus with setal pairs, ventral spinules minimal or obsolete; number of leg pedal spurs varies from zero to two; sternum length equal to or greater than width; sternum apex rounded, with minimal depression, lateral lobes flat; hemispermatophore lamina terminus spatulate in shape; pectinal fulcra absent. Important Symplesiomorphies. Chelal finger median denticle (MD) row groups aligned obliquely; chelal trichobothrium it positioned at extreme base of fixed finger; chelal trichobothria Db basal and Dt situated at base of fixed finger; lateral carinae of metasomal segment V absent.
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