Opistophthalmus latimanus
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scorpionidae
Genus: Opistophthalmus
Species: Opistophthalmus tumas
Name
Opistophthalmus latimanus C. L. Koch 1841
Type locality: South Africa, near Cape Town ("Foothills of [the Cape of] Good Hope" as "Das Vorgebirg der guten Hoffnung.")
Typus: Holotype [lost?], possibly was ZMB. [Prendin, 2001 notes the holotype of O. latimanus could not be located and is thought to have been destroyed during the Second World War (W. Schawaller, pers. comm.), plus footnote "loss of the holotype has not been confirmed beyond reasonable doubt"].
Synonyms
- Opistophthalmus latimanus C. L. Koch, 1841: 65, Pl. CCLXXl, fig. 640. Protonym; Prendin, 2001: 28.
- Scorpio capensis Herbst, 1800: 62.
- Opistophthalmus calvus L. Koch, 1867: 233.
- Opistophthalmus latimanus austeroides Hewitt, 1914: 5. Protonym. (junior synonym of Opistophthalmus latimanus in Prendin, 2001: 28).
Note, some database entries have adopted Opistophthalmus austeroides but no apparent literature. (see also "Opistophthalmus pugnax Pocock 1896: 239, misidentification per Roewer 1943: 230.
References
Primary references
- Hewitt, J. 1914. Descriptions of new South African Arachnida. Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown 3: 1-37. Reference page.
- Koch, C.L. 1841. Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41–131, pl. 265–288 (f. 621–694); Neunter Band, pp. 1–56, pl. 289–306 (f. 695–726). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744
Reference page. - Prendini, 2001. A review of synonyms and subspecies in the genus Opistophthalmus C.L. Koch (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). African Entomology 9(1):17–48. PDF-AMNH Reference page.
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