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Vaejovis puritanus
Gertsch 1958
Vejovis puritanus Gertsch, 1958: 11-13;
Soleglad, 1973b: 359, tab. 4. Soleglad,
1973b: 359, tab. 4.
Vejovis schwenkmeyeri Williams, 1970b: 302-307, 313, fig. 16-17 (synonymized
by Williams 1980: 67); Williams,
1970f: 397, 403, 410; Soleglad, 1973b: 359, tab. 4.
Vejovis terradomus Williams, 1970f: 403-407, fig. 5-6 (synonymized
by Williams, 1980: 67); Soleglad,
1973b: 359, tab. 4.
Vaejovis schwenkmeyeri: Díaz Najera, 1975: 7, 10.
Vaejovis terradomus: Díaz Najera, 1975: 7, 17.
Vaejovis puritanus: Williams, 1976: 2; Williams, 1980: 54, 67-69,
fig. 53N, 54M, 70, 71; Williams, 1986a: 355; Kovarík, 1998: 148;
Beutelspacher, 2000: 106, 137, 138, 154, map 87; Sissom, 2000:535;
Soleglad & Fet, 2003a: 9, 150, figs. 70, B-1.
Vaejovis puritanus "form" schwenkmeyeri: Beutelspacher, 2000:
106, 154, map 87.
Vaejovis puritanus "form" terradomus: Beutelspacher, 2000:
106, 154, map 87.
HOLOTYPE:
Vejovis puritanus,
holotype (male): AMNH; Santo Tomas, Baja California Norte, 8-VII-1953, W. J.
and J. W. Gertsch.
Vejovis schwenkmeyeri, holotype (male): CAS, Type No. 10426, Bahia de
los Angeles, Baja California Norte, Mexico, 19-VI-1968, S. C. Williams, M.
A. Cazier.
Vejovis terradomus Williams, holotype (male): CAS, Type No. 10428;
1.6 km SW Rancho Canipole, Baja California Sur,
Mexico, 15-V-1969, S. C. Williams.
Original
description:
Vejovis puritanus
Gertsch, 1958: 11-13.
Subsequent Accounts
Williams 1980:
"Diagnosis.
- Adults to 65 mm long. Base color of body golden-yellow, with or
without contrasting dark underlying markings on carapace and mesosomal
dorsum, pedipalp fingers slightly more reddish than palm. Metasoma with
ventromedian keels smooth to obsolete on segments I-III, smooth with
about 6 posterior crenulations on IV; ventrolateral keels smooth to
subtly crenulate on segments I—III, crenulate on IV; segment I with
length approximating width; segment II as long as wide or longer;
segment III longer than wide; segment V 2.3-2.8 times longer than wide.
Pedipalp moderately slender, ratio of movable-finger length to carapace
length 0.9-1.1: ratio of chela length to palm width 3.9-4.4 in males,
4.6-5.3 in females; ratio of movablefinger length to palm width 2.5-3.0
in males, 3.1-3.6 in females; supernumerary granules 6 on fixed finger,
7 on movable finger; primary-row denticles subdivided into 5 subrows on
fixed finger, 6 subrows on movable finger. Pectine teeth 17-19 in males,
14-17 in females.
Similar to V. viscainensis and V. waeringi. Distinguished from
V. viscainensis as follows: metasoma length less than 8.5 times width of
segment V; ratio of movable-finger length to palm width 3.5 or less in
males, less than 3.8 in females; dorsal keels of segment III with fewer
than 25 crenulations; pedipalp palm equal to or wider than brachium in
width. Distinguished from V. waeringi as follows: pedipalp fixed finger
with primary-row denticles separated into 5 subrows by 4 slightly
enlarged denticles; pedipalp fixed finger with supernumerary granule 6
(proximal one) not closely paired with adjacent enlarged denticle in
primary row."
Distribution: NORTHAMERICA.
México (Baja California Norte, Baja California
Sur), USA (southwestern California).
Published Records:
Vejovis puritanus Gertsch, 1958
Allotype: AMNH; Jacumba, San Diego
County, California, 10-VIII-1955, W. J. Gertsch.
Baja California Norte, Mexico: 14 km E Tecate, 17-VII-1969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); 10 km S Tecate, 17-VII-1969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); 40 km S Tecate. 17-VII-1969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); 31 km N Rancho El Topo, Sierra Juarez,
16-VII-1969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); 11 km NE Rosarito, 30-IV-1973 (Doyen, CIS)("puritanus race"); La Mision, 14-VI1-1969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); 6.4 km SE Ojos Negros, 15-V1I-I969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); 8.0 km E Ensenada, 15-VII-I969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); 18 km E Puerto Santo Tomas, 11-VII-1969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); 3.2 km SE Quintin,
22-VII-1968 (Rodrigues)("puritanus race"); 11 km N Santa Maria, 12-VII-1969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); Socorro
Sand Dunes, 12-VII- I969 (Williams, Lee)("puritanus race"); EI Rosario, 6-IV-1969 (Williams)("puritanus race"); 17 km E El Rosario, 5-V-I961 (Gertsch, Roth. AMNH)("puritanus race"); 37 km S EI Marmol, Rancho San Luis, 12-1-1965 (Roth. AMNH)("puritanus race"); 6.4 km S El Arenoso, 8-IV-1969 (Williams)("puritanus race");
3.2 km NW Santa Ynez Ranch, 27-III-1973 (Doyen, CIS)("puritanus race"); Mision Calamajue, 3-X-1973 (Doyen, CIS)("puritanus race"); 36.4 km NW Laguna Chapala ,
27-V-1961(Lindsay)("puritanus race"); 11 km W La Borja, 22-II-1966 (Snelling, LACM)("puritanus race"); Isla Cedros, 13-17-IV-I963 (Banks)("puritanus race"). Baja California Sur: 27 km E San
Ignacio (Mision), 25-II-1965 (Roth, AMNH)("puritanus race").
("schwenkmeyeri race"): Baja California Norte, Mexico: 0.8 km S La Virgen, 8-IV-1969 (Williams)("schwenkmeyeri race"); 18 km N Rancho Mezquital, 15-IV-1969 (Williams), Baja California Sur("schwenkmeyeri race"); 42
km S El Arco, 17-IV-1969 (Williams)("schwenkmeyeri race"); 4.8 km SE Rancho Tablon, 23-VI-1968 (Williams, Cazier)("schwenkmeyeri race"); Isla Coronados, SW end, 25-V-1970
(Williams, Lee)("schwenkmeyeri race").
("terradomus race"): Baja California Norte, Mexico: 39 km S Santa Ines, 7-VII-1973 (Williams, Blair)("terradomus race").
Baja California Sur: 4.8 km NW San Ignacio, 22-11-1966 (Roth, AMNH)("terradomus race"); Isla Coronado, 3-IV-1962 (Belvedere Expedition)("terradomus race").
Vejovis schwenkmeyeri Williams Paratypes: 75M, 79F (CAS, including allotype F), Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California
Norte, Mexico, 1 9—VI—1968, S. C. Williams, M. A. Cazier.
Vejovis terradomus Williams Paratypes: 6M, 3F (CAS), 1.6 km SW Rancho Canipole, Baja California Sur,
Mexico, 15-V-1969, S. C. Williams.
Notes:
Williams 1980:
"REMARKS.- Vaejovis puritanus is a variable, widely distributed species. Originally it was
recognized as three allopatric species: V . puritanus, V . schwenkmeyeri, and
V. terradomus.
These three are distinguished by color pattern, ratio of body parts, and pedipalp-scallop size, but they appear to be
geographic races and are here referred to as the puritanus race, the schwenkmeyeri race, and the terradomus race.
The puritanus race occurs along the Pacific coast and foothill regions of southern California and Baja California.
It can be recognized by having carapace and mesosomal dorsum with conspicuous dusky to dark markings, and pedipalps of
mature males with a very small open space rmaining between fingers with chela closed. The schwenkmeyeri race occurs in the
desert regions of the Baja California peninsula in the upper Gulf of California region and differs from puritanus in being
pale yellow in color (lacking dark or dusky underlying markings), and by having mature-male pedipalps with a large distinct
space remaining proximally between fingers with chela closed. The terradomus race occurs further to the south and east and
generally has faint, underlying, dusky markings, somewhat like puritanus, and with open pedipalp gap between fingers like
that in schwenkmeyeri. Terradomus tends to have the ventrolateral keels of the metasoma more crenulate than in puritanus and
schwenkmeyeri." and "Puritanus race: San Ignacio north to southern California;
Schwenkmeyeri race: La Purisima north to Puertecitos; Terradomus race: Loreto region."
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