Heterometrus tibetanus
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Heterometrus tibetanus is a Chinese scorpion belonging to the Scorpionidae family .
description
Compared to other species of the genus Heterometrus, Heterometrus tibetanus is a medium-sized scorpion; adult males reach a length of 85 to 90 millimeters. The body is reddish-yellow to reddish-brown in color, the legs, chelicerae and telson are lighter. The combs of the comb organ have 15 to 16 teeth. The Pedipalps , especially the Chelae, are rather slender and, compared to most other species of the genus Heterometrus, strongly elongated. The second segment of the metasoma is longer than it is wide. The telson is extremely elongated, with a poisonous bladder that is as long as the poison sting .
The species Heterometrus longimanus is also characterized by the striking elongated limbs of the pedipalps. It occurs in China, but can be distinguished from Heterometrus tibetanus by the weak granules on the inner underside of its chelae and the darker color.
distribution
The terra typica of Heterometrus tibetanus was given in the first description as the lower valley of the Kongque He river south of Burang . It is located in the southwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region and near the border with Nepal at an altitude of more than 4,700 meters above sea level ( 30 ° 39 ′ N , 81 ° 27 ′ E ).
Systematics
Initial description
The first description of Heterometrus tibetanus was made in 2005 by the arachnologists Wilson R. Lourenço from the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and Jian-xin qi and Ming-sheng Zhu from Hebei University in Baoding . It was based on three specimens collected at the type location in July 1931, which had been in the museum's collection for decades and are poorly preserved.
Type material
The holotype and both paratypes are males. The holotype and a paratype are in the collection of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, and a paratype in the collection of the Hebei University.
etymology
The species name refers to the place where the type was found, the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet .
literature
- Wilson R. Lourenço, Jian-Xin Qi and Ming-Sheng Zhu: Description of two new species of scorpions from China (Tibet) belonging to the genera Mesobuthus Vachon (Buthidae) and Heterometrus Ehrenberg (Scorpionidae). In: Zootaxa 2005, No. 985, pp. 1–16, doi : 10.11646 / zootaxza.985.1.1 or doi : 10.5281 / zenodo.171373 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilson R. Lourenço, Jian-Xin Qi and Ming-Sheng Zhu: Description of two new species of scorpions from China (Tibet), pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Zhi-Yong Di et al .: Notes on the scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from Xizang with the redescription of Scorpiops jendeki Kovařík, 2000 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Yunnan (China). In: ZooKeys 2013, No. 301, pp. 51-99, doi : 10.3897 / zookeys.301.4608 .
- ↑ Zhi-Yong Di et al .: History of study, updated checklist, distribution and key of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) from China. In: Zoological Research 2014, Volume 35, No. 1, pp. 3-19, doi : 10.11813 / j.issn.0254-5853.2014.1.003 .
- ^ A b c Wilson R. Lourenço, Jian-Xin Qi and Ming-Sheng Zhu: Description of two new species of scorpions from China (Tibet), p. 10.
- ^ Wilson R. Lourenço, Jian-Xin Qi and Ming-Sheng Zhu: Description of two new species of scorpions from China (Tibet), p. 2.