Microcharmidae
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The Microcharmidae are a small family of scorpions (Scorpiones) with only 15 species in two genera . This family of very small scorpions is sometimes synonymous with that of the Buthidae family .
features
Microcharmidae reach a total length of 8 to 18 mm. There are usually three pairs of side eyes (only two pairs in one case).
distribution and habitat
The species of Microcharmidae occur in Africa , especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar , where they inhabit the leaf litter of the tropical rainforests .
Systematics
Microcharmidae is a small family of scorpions. By 2006, six species in the genus Microcharmus had been described, Neoprotobuthus and Ankaranocharmus were considered monotypical . In 2006, eight new species were described by Lourenço, Goodman and Fisher and the former third genus Ankaranocharmus was synonymous with Microcharmus .
In 2008, Volschenk, Mattoni and Prendini proposed, they see the mesosomal anatomy of the two families as consistent, Microcharmidae as a new synonym for the family Buthidae . Lourenço does not follow this and sees “this polemical question open to discussion”.
According to "The Scorpion Files", the Microcharmidae family includes the following species:
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Microcharmus
Lourenço , 1995
- Microcharmus bemaraha Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher , 2006
- Microcharmus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço , 1995
- Microcharmus confluenciatus Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher , 2006
- Microcharmus duhemi Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher , 2006
- Microcharmus fisheri Lourenço , 1998
- Microcharmus hauseri Lourenço , 1996
- Microcharmus jussarae Lourenço , 1996
- Microcharmus maculatus Lourenço , 1996
- Microcharmus madagascariensis Lourenço , 1999
- Microcharmus pauliani Lourenço , 2004
- Microcharmus sabineae Lourenço , 1996
- Microcharmus variegatus Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher , 2006
- Microcharmus violaceous Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher , 2006
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Neoprotobuthus Lourenço , 2000
- Neoprotobuthus intermedius Lourenço , 2000
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Wilson R. Lourenço, Steven M. Goodman, Brian L. Fisher: A Reappraisal of the Geographical Distribution of the Endemic Family Microcharmidae Lourenço (Scorpiones) in Madagascar and Description of Eight New Species and Subspecies. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Fourth Series , 2006, Volume 57, No. 26, pp. 751-783. ( Online )
- ↑ a b The Scorpion Files
- ↑ Erich S. Volschenk, Camilo I. Mattoni, Lorenzo Prendini: Comparative anatomy of the mesosomal organs of scorpions (Chelicerata, Scorpiones), with implications for the phylogeny of the order. In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2008, 154 (4), pp. 651-675. doi : 10.1111 / j.1096-3642.2008.00426.x ( online )
- ^ WR Lourenço: Another New Sub-Fossil Species of Scorpion of the Genus. Palaeogrosphus Lourenço, 2000 from Malagasy Copal. (Scorpiones: Buthidae). In: Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa , No. 44, 200, pp. 135-137. ( Online )
Web links
- Microcharmidae at The Scorpion Files (English)