Tityus) lourençoi, 1836

Laborieux, Léo, 2024, Biomechanics of venom delivery in South America’s first toxungen-spraying scorpion, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (4), pp. 1-16 : 8

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae161

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14825474

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038AD938-9A58-FC28-2408-0644FAC3FAF0

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scientific name

Tityus) lourençoi
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T. ( Tityus) lourençoi View in CoL

(i) smaller overall size with the male holotype measuring 44.1 mm (66.4 mm in T. (Tityus) achilles )

(ii) pronounced longitudinal keel on tergites (only slight in T. (Tityus) achilles )

(iii) lower pectinal tooth count with 16– 15 in male holotype (16–18 in T. (Tityus) achilles )

(iv) 17 oblique rows of denticles on movable chela finger (15 in T. (Tityus) achilles )

(v) longer pedipalps in male (pedipalp length/total length ratio 0.56 in T. lourençoi male holotype, 0.48 in T. (Tityus) achilles )

(vi) broader patella in males with length/width ratio 3.38 (3.83 in T. (Tityus) achilles male holotype)

(vii) broader chela in males with length/width ratio 5.27 (6.39 in T. (Tityus) achilles male holotype)

(viii) shorter metasoma in males with metasoma length/ total length ratio 0.57 (0.66 in T. (Tityus) achilles male holotype)

(ix) spinoid posterior granules on segments I–IV (only on IV in T. (Tityus) achilles )

(x) other morphometric values, see Table 2. View Table 2

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

SubGenus

Tityus

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