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Paruroctonus pseudopumilis
(Williams 1970)
Vejovis pseudopumilis
Williams, 1970e: 181-183, fig. 1-2,, tbl. 1.
Paruroctonus pseudopumilus (ISS): Stahnke, 1974a: 138.
Vaejovis pseudopumilis: Díaz Najera, 1975: 7, 15.
Paruroctonus pseudopumilis: ►Williams, 1980: 33,
34, 38, 39, 41, 115, fig. 41, 45, tbl.
5
[part; not record from 13 km N San Raymundo, Baja California Sur,
México, which refers to Paravaejovis pumilis (Williams, 1970)];
►Haradon, 1984b: 337, fig. 34-35, 37; Kovarík, 1998: 144; Beutelspacher,
2000: 69, 137, 152, map 38 (part); Sissom, 2000:513.
type(s):
Vejovis pseudopumilis Williams:
Holotype male (adult) from México, Baja California
Sur, San Angel, 13 miles (21 km) W San Ignacio, 28 June 1968 (S. C. Williams, M. A. Cazier,
et al.). Depository: CAS (Type No. 10424).
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTON:
Subsequent accounts:
Williams (1980):
"Diagnosis. Adults to about 27 mm long.
Base color of body uniform pale yellow, pedipalp fingers light pink,
telson light amber. Carapace anterior border convex. Metasoma
ventrolateral keels smooth to faintly crenulate on
segments
I-III,
irregularly crenulate on IV,
ventromedian keels on segments I-III
smooth, smooth to
faintly crenulate on IV; segment
I as long
as or slightly
longer than wide ,
segment II
distinctly longer than wide, segment
V 2.S-2.9 times longer than wide. Pedipalps with
short fingers,
palms moderately swollen:
ratio of
movable-finger length to carapace length 0.5-0.6
in males:
ratio of
movable-finger length to palm width
1.4-1.5 in males:
ratio of
chela length to palm
width 2.9-3.1
in males: 5 supernumerary
granules on
fixed finger, 7
on
movable finger. Pectine teeth 18 in males."
Haradon (1984b):
"Diagnosis. - A species in the borregoensis group of subgenus
Paruroctonus differentiated by combination of: telotarsus III with two retrosuperior
setae; basitarsus III with six (4 + 2) or seven (5 + 2) superior setae (Figs. 34-35);
mrs seta on basitarsus III set close to superior setae; pedipalp fingers of adult male
essentially unscalloped (Fig. 37); sixth and seventh supernumerary denticles on pedipalp fixed
and movable fingers respectively inconspicuous or absent; pedipalpal primary denticle rows
poorly delimited."
distribution: NORTH
AMERICA. México (Baja California Sur -
Vizcaino Desert
south
to San
Raymundo).
published records:
Specimens ¢xamined.-México:
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: 13
km N San
Raymundo,
30-
VI-
1968 (Williams. Cazier); 26 mi. S
El Arco (800 feet), 17 April 1968 (S. C. Williams), 1 male, 2 females (CAS).
View Map
notes:
Comparisons: Table 2. Differs further from P. surensis
in
having moderately long metasomal setae I-IV in both sexes.
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