Vaejovis mexicanus mexicanus C. L. Koch 1836

Vaejovis mexicanus C. L. Koch, 1836: 51, pl. XCI, fig. 206; Pocock, 1898: 400; Pocock, 1902: 9, pl. II, fig. 3, 3a-c; Borelli, 1909: 224; Ewing, 1928: 12 (part); Borelli, 1915: 3; Kovarík, 1998: 147; Sissom & Jackman, 1998: 151; Beutelspacher, 2000: 95, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145?, 147?, 153, map 73; Sissom, 2000: 541; Soleglad & Fet, 2003a: fig. 72; Soleglad & Fet, 2005: 5..
Vaejovis (Centrurus) mexicanus: Gervais, 1844b: 50.
Vejovis mexicanus: Kraepelin, 1894: 199 (part); Kraepelin, 1899: 184, 185 (part); Kraepelin, 1901: 274 (part, record from “México”); Hoffmann, 1931: 392-398, fig. 39-40; Gertsch, 1958: 5-7; Bücherl, 1964: 61; Gertsch & Soleglad, 1966: 2; Bücherl, 1971: 328; Williams, 1971a: 45; Soleglad, 1973b: 359, 361.
?Parabroteas montezuma Penther, 1913: 244-245, fig. 5-7 (see NOTES); Birula, 1917b: 139-140; Werner, 1934: 287.
Vejovis mexicanus mexicanus: Hoffmann, 1931: 394-396, fig. 39; Hoffmann, 1938: 318; Gertsch, 1958: 6; Díaz Najera, 1964: 20, 23, 24, 25.
Vaejovis mexicanus mexicanus: Díaz Najera, 1975: 7, 22, 25; Sissom, 2000: 541-542; Soleglad & Fet, 2003a: 8; Soleglad & Fet, 2005: 2.
Birula, 1917b: 139-140; Werner, 1934: 287.?Pentheria montezuma: Kovarík, 1998: 128.

HOLOTYPE:  Vaejovis mexicanus C. L. Koch Syntypes: (numbers and sexes unknown), “México”; types are not in ZMB (M. Moritz, pers. comm., 1985) or the BMNH (J. Knight, pers. comm.), and may be lost.
?Parabroteas montezuma Penther Syntypes: 3F (NMW), ?Acapulco, Guerrero, México.

Original description:
Vaejovis mexicanus C. L. Koch, 1836: 51, pl. XCI, fig. 206.

Subsequent Accounts

distribution: NORTH AMERICA. México (Distrito Federal: Valle de México, Estado de México).

Published Records:  

notes: Previous records for this species in the United States (e.g., Banks, 1900a: 424; Chamberlin, 1921; Ewing, 1928: 10, 12) are based on misidentifications or erroneous locality data (some apparently referring to the Eagle Pass, Texas record from Marx collection). Ewing’s (1928: 12) treatment of the species identifies only the subspecies dugesi (now a full species) and smithi in central México. For the nominal subspecies, Ewing lists erroneous records in the state of Durango in the Baerg collection [based on specimens of V. coahuilae; repeated by Baerg (1929: 427)]. Records for Hidalgo (Beutelspacher, 2000) and Guerrero (Source?) are also incorrect (E. González Santillán, pers. obs.).