Redescription of Hadogenes zumpti Newlands & Cantrell 1985: an unusual rock scorpion (Scorpiones,Ischnuridae) from the Richtersveld,South Africa |
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| Authors: | Gerald Newlands Lorenzo Prendini |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medical Entomology, South African Institute for Medical Research, P.O. Box 1038, Johannesburg, South Africagnewland@acs.ucalgary.ca;3. FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700 South Africa e-mail: lprendin@botzoo.uct.ac.za |
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| Abstract: | Hadogenes zumpti Newlands & Cantrell 1985 (Scorpiones, Ischnuridae), from the Richtersveld, South Africa, is redescribed. This is the only species of Hadogenes Kraepeiin 1894 in which the adults of both sexes are without a lobe at the base of the movable finger of the chela. The significance of the presence or absence of this lobe as a character within Hadogenes, particularly with respect to the taxonomically difficult Hadogenes tityws (E. Simon) species complex, is discussed. |
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