Paruroctonus bantai bantai (Gertsch and Soleglad
1985)
Paruroctonus (Paruroctonus)
bantai bantai (Gertsch
& Soleglad, 1966): Haradon, 1985:
28-29, fig. 3-5; Sissom, 2000:507.
type(s)
:
of
Vejovis (Paruroctonus) bantai Gertsch & Soleglad:
Holotype female (adult) from U.S.A., California, Inyo County,
Saline Valley, Warm Springs Road, Station 94, 8 May 1960 (B . Banta).
Depository: California Academy of Sciences, Type No. 10193.
Original
Description:
.
subsequent accounts:
Haradon 1985 Diagnosis.—A subspecies of P. bantai
differentiated by combination of: ventrolateral metasomal setae on segment
II 2 (90% of specimens), on V 4 (Fig. 5) (fifth seta, if present, smaller
and offset from others); ventral metasomal setae on segment IV 3 (90% of
specimens), on V 3 (rarely 4); pectinal teeth in males (79%) 23 or fewer,
females (75%) 17 or fewer.
distribution: NORTH
AMERICA. USA (California: Saline
Valley).
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published records:
V.
notes:
Haradon 1985
Comparisons: P. bantai saratoga, n . ssp., differs in all five
characters (see diagnosis below).
