taxonID	type	description	language	source
3031878F8B46D200FF69EE59DC30FAC2.taxon	description	Metasomal segments I to V and telson uniformily blackish; with 10 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 5 carinae. Dentate margins of pedipalp-chela fixed and movable fingers with 15 − 17 oblique rows of granules. A strong spinoid subaculear tooth present. This can be moderate in size or almost totally absent in very large specimens. Pectines with 18 to 22 teeth; the basal middle lamellae strongly dilated in females. Tityus obscurus shows very strong sexual dimorphism. Male pedipalps are longer and more slender than those of the females (Lourenço, 1983 a, 2002 a, 2002 b). For more detailed description and keys, see Lourenço (1983, 2002 a, 2002 b). Distribution: Suriname, French Guiana, and the States of Amapá and Pará in Brazil. Reported or suggested distribution in Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, and Venezuela (Fet & Lowe, 2000: 254) is not confirmed by reliable specimens. The presence of this species in Guyana could yet be confirmed; however, references to Ecuador, Colombia, and Panama most certainly correspond to misidentifications of Tityus asthenes Pocock, 1893 (Lourenço, 1988). The reference to Venezuela certainly is a misidentification of an unclear related species of the subgenus Atreus (Lourenço, 2006).	en	Lourenço, Wilson R., Leguin, Elise-Anne (2008): The true identity of Scorpio (Atreus) obscurus Gervais, 1843 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius 75 (75): 1-9, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2008.vol2008.iss75.1, URL: https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2008/iss75/1/
