Paruroctonus arenicola
nudipes Haradon 1984
Paruroctonus arenicola nudipes ►Haradon 1984a:
214, fig. 29-30, 39; Kovarík 1998: 143; Sissom & Henson 1998: 241, 246; Sissom 2000: 509.
type(s): Paruroctonus
arenicola nudipes Haradon - Holotype male
(adult) from U.S.A., California, San Bernardino County, 1.6 miles S Kelso,
along Kelbaker Road, 27 May 1973 (R. M. Haradon, J. L. Marks). Depository:
California Academy of Sciences (CAS), Type No. 15056.
original description:
Paruroctonus arenicola nudipes Haradon 1984a: 214, fig. 29-30,
39:
"Description of male holotype (allotype).-Measurements:
Table 3. Carapace anterior margin essentially straight. Metasomal setae:
dorsals 0,1,1,2; dorsolaterals 1,3,3,4; laterals 2-3,0-1,0,0,3;
ventrolaterals 2,3,4,5,11 ; ventrals 3,4,4-5,5-6. Pedipalpal primary
denticles on fixed fingers 2-3,5,7-6,8-7,10,12-13, movable fingers 5-4,
7, 8, 11-10, 13-12, 7. Basitarsal setae I-III: superior setae 6,9,11.
Telotarsal setae I-IV: proinferiors 1,2,2,2; promedians 3,3,2,1;
prosuperiors 2,3,3,3; retrosuperiors 3,4,4,4, distal fourth in each
series II-IV smaller than others; retromedials 2,2,2,2;
retroinferiors 1,1-2,2-3,4; retroinferior terminals 2,2,2,2."
subsequent accounts:
distribution: NORTH
AMERICA. UNITED STATES (California: eastern Mojave
Desert)
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published records:
Paratypes:
UNITED STATES:
CALIFORNIA: San Bernardino County - 1.6
mi. S Kelso, along Kelbaker Rd., 27 May 1973 (R. M. Haradon, J. L. Marks),
21 males, 30 females (includes allotype) (CAS); 1.6 mi. S Kelso, along
Kelbaker Rd., 26 May 1973 (R. M. Haradon, J. L. Marks), 30 males, 35 females
(CAS); Kelso Sand Dunes, 9 April 1977 (no other data), 3 males, 1 female (CAS);
Kelso Dunes, 6mi. S Kelso on Cima Rd., 5 April 1977 (M. Swoveland, W. Savary),
1 male, 5 females (CAS).
notes:
Haradon (1984a) diagnosed
Paruroctonus arenicola nudipes as a
"subspecies of P. arenicola differentiated by: basitarsus IIl without
mrs seta (Figs. 29-30); dorsal metasomal setae usually 0,1,1,2; pedipalp
fingers in adult pale yellow, similar to palm" and noted that it differs
from Paruroctonus arenicola arenicola in all three characters.
In regards to variation
within the subspecies, he noted: "Of 127 intact specimens, 116 (91.3%)
lacked the mrs seta on both basitarsi III, seven (5.5%) lacked the seta on
one leg only, and four (3.2%) had the seta on legs. Distribution of the
dorsal metasomal seta counts is given in Table 2. Distribution of the
pectinal tooth counts is given in Table I. Pedipalpal primary denticles in
rows 1-5 total on fixed finger 29-39 02.82 + 1.79, n = 85), movable finger
38-48 (43.07 -+ 2.53, = 85). Adult carapace lengths, males 4.3-5.6 mm,
females 4.9-6.2 mm. He reported that "name 'nudipes' refers to the absence
of the mrs seta on basitarsus III, which is a unique condition within the
genus Paruroctonus."
