Vaejovis punctatus punctatus Karsch 1879

Vaejovis punctatus Karsch, 1879b: 135, Borelli, 1909: 225; Yahia & Sissom, 1996: 86; Kovarík, 1998: 147; Beutelspacher, 2000: 103, 136, 140, 141, 142, 144, 147, 154, map 85; Sissom, 2000:534; Soleglad & Fet, 2003a: 9, 28, 161, figs. 35, 69, 104; Soleglad & Fet, 2005: 5..
Vaejovis nigropictus Pocock, 1898: 395 (synonymized by Kraepelin, 1899: 187).
Vaejovis spinigerus var. punctata: Kraepelin, 1899: 187; Kraepelin, 1901: 274.
Vejovis punctatus: Borelli, 1909: 225; Hoffmann, 1931: 353-354; Bücherl, 1971: 329; Ponce Saavedra & Beutelspacher, 2001: 46, 48, 82, 100, Maps 26, 27.
Vejovis punctatus punctatus: Hoffmann, 1931: 354-357, fig. 23; Hoffmann, 1937: 204, 205, fig. 1; Hoffmann, 1938: 317; Díaz Najera, 1964: 20, 21?, 24?, 26; Williams, 1970b: 290.
Vaejovis punctatus punctatus: Díaz Najera, 1975: 7, 24, 25, 29, 30; Yahia & Sissom, 1996: 87; Yahia & Sissom, 1996: 87; Sissom, 2000:534.

HOLOTYPE:  Vaejovis punctatus Karsch, 1879b: 135. Holotype: F (ZMB, No. 11), “México”.
Vaejovis nigropictus Pocock Holotype: F (BMNH), “Jalisco”, México (probably lost; P. D. Hillyard, pers. comm.).

Original description:
Vaejovis punctatus Karsch, 1879b: 135.

Subsequent Accounts

Distribution:NORTH AMERICA. México (Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro).

Published Records:

Notes: 

1. The synonymy of Vaejovis nigropictus Pocock and V. punctatus Karsch has been accepted since the time of Kraepelin (1899), but it seems likely that it is incorrect. Pocock’s type originated from Jalisco, where only V. punctatus spadix is known. Consequently, Vaejovis nigropictus and V. punctatus spadix are probably synonyms, and a neotype for V. nigropictus should be proposed.
2. The subspecies of V. punctatus have been misidentified in certain contributions. The distributional lists for the subspecies given below are based on detailed study of numerous specimens by W. D. Sissom.
3. In the original catalog, the species was reported from Distrito Federal; this was due to the erroneous assignment of several localities to Distrito Federal, rather than Estado de México. The species has not been found in Distrito Federal (E. González Santillán, unpublished data).