| | Vaejovis globosus Borelli 1915
HOLOTYPE: Original description: Subsequent Accounts Distribution:Sissom web: NORTH AMERICA. México (Coahuila, Durango), USA (southwestern Texas). Published Records: Vejovis gilvus Williams, Paratypes: 3 specimens (CAS, including 1F allotype), same locality as holotype; 5M, 1F, vicinity of Cuatro Cienegas de Carranza, Coahuila, México. Notes: Sissom and Hendrickson 2005 Key to the Vaejovid Scorpion Species of Northeastern México - Dorsolateral carinae of metasoma (at least on segments I–III) with an enlarged terminal denticle; legs I–III with irregular setation (except in V. globosus, which has setal combs, – but has the enlarged terminal denticle on the metasoma); Trichobothria ib and it situated more distally, at the level of the sixth inner accessory denticle or beyond; Ventral submedian carinae of metasoma developed and usually granular, at least on segments III and IV; Metasoma setose (e.g., metasoma V ventrolateral carinae with 9–12 setae); pedipalp chelae of adult male acarinate or at most feebly carinate; Cutting margin of pedipalp chela fixed finger with 5 subrows of denticles; ventral carinae of metasoma infuscate (sometimes weakly so in V. globosus); Pedipalp chela of male not inflated, with ratio of length/width 3.29–3.79; without scalloping in the chela finger margins; telson of female swollen, with telson length/width ratio of 2.05–2.25; carapace moderately fuscous, with a pair of lateral dusky lines anteriorly.......................................................................Vaejovis globosus
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