Paruroctonus bantai saratoga Haradon 1985
Paruroctonus bantai saratoga Haradon, 1985: 24, 29, 41, fig. 6; Kovarík, 1998: 143; Sissom, 2000:507..
type(s): Paruroctonus bantai saratoga Haradon 1985 - Holotype male (adult) from U.S.A., California, San Bernardino County, Death Valley Natl. Mon., Saratoga Springs, salt flats, 11 June 1970 (M . A. Cazier, L . Welch, O . F . Francke). Depository: California Academy of Sciences, Type. No. 15057.
Original Description:
Description of male holotype. — Measurements: Table 4. Pedipalp primary denticles on fixed fingers 4,5,7-6,8,10-8,12-14, movable fingers 5,8-6,9,9-11,14,9-10. Metasomal setae: dorsals 0,0,0,1; dorsolaterals 0,1,1,2; laterals 1,0,0,02; ventrolaterals 2,3,3,3,6; ventrals 3,3,3,4,4. Allotype .—Measurements in Table 4.
subsequent accounts:
distribution: NORTH AMERICA. USA (California; salt flats at Saratoga Springs, southern Death Valley).
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published records: Paratypes. U.S.A.: CALIFORNIA: San Bernardino County, Death Valley Natl. Mon., Saratoga Springs, 11 June 1970 (M . A. Cazier, L. Welch, O . F. Francke), 29 males, 31 females (OFF), allotype (CAS).
notes: Haradon 1985 Diagnosis.—A subspecies of P. bantai differentiated by combination of: ventrolateral metasomal setae on segment II 3, on V 6 (Fig . 6); ventral metasomal setae on segment IV 4, on V 4 (72% of specimens); pectinal teeth in males (90%) 24 or more, females (87%) 18 or more.
Haradon 1985 Variation .—Total adult length of males 50-60 mm, females 50-60 mm . Adult carapace length of males 5 .2-6.1 mm, females 6 .0-7.4 mm. Variation in the numbers of metasomal setae is presented in Table 2 . Pectinal teeth in males 22-28, females 16-20 (Table 3). Pedipalp primary denticles, excluding proximal row, total 28-35 (32 .26 ± 1 .38, n = 62) on fixed finger, 39-49 (43 .81 ± 2 .16, n = 62) on movable finger. The dsm seta on the internal brachial surface, and the chelal internal setae, are generally inconspicuous or absent in subadult and adult specimens.
Comparisons: P. bantai bantai differs in all five characters (see diagnosis above).
Etymology.—The name "saratoga" refers to the type locality.
