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Vaejovis viscainensis
Williams 1970
Vejovis viscainensis Williams, 1970f: 410-413, fig.
9-10; Soleglad, 1973b: 359, tab. 4.
Paruroctonus viscainensis: Stahnke, 1974a: 138; Kovarík, 1998: 144.
Vaejovis viscainensis: Díaz Najera, 1975: 7, 10, 17; Williams, 1980:
54, 70-71, fig. 53O, 54L, 59, 73; Williams, 1986a: 355; Beutelspacher,
2000: 113, 137, 138, 154, map 95; Sissom, 2000:536; Soleglad & Fet,
2003a: 9, figs. 6, 70; Soleglad & Fet, 2005: 6.
HOLOTYPE:
Vejovis
viscainensis, holotype (male)
(CAS, Type No. 10429): 3.2
km N Miller’s Landing, Baja California Norte, México,
21-VI-1968 (S. C. Williams, M. A. Cazier).
Original
description:
Vejovis viscainensis
Williams, 1970f: 410-413, fig. 9-10.
Subsequent Accounts:
Williams 1980:
"Diagnosis. - Adults to 50 mm long. Base
color of body uniform pale whitish yellow with very faint dusky underlying
pigmentation. Metasoma with ventrolateral keels finely crenulate on segments
I-IV, ventromedian keels smooth on segments I and II, smooth to finely
crenulate on III, finely crenulate on IV; segment I as long or slightly
longer than wide, segment II longer than wide, segment V 2.7-2.9 times
longer than wide. Pedipalp with very elongate fingers and very slender palm,
ratio of movable-finger length to carapace length 1.0-1.1; ratio of movable-finger
length to palm width 4.2-4.3; ratio of chela length to palm width 5.8-6.2; fingers not scalloped;
palm with keels smooth to obsolete, supernumerary denticles 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 16-17 in males, 14-15 in females. Similar to
V. puritanus but differs as follows: ratio of movable-finger length to palm length 4.0
or greater; males with 15-16 pectine teeth (not 17-19); pedipalp palm distinctly narrower than
brachium (not with palm approximating brachium in width or wider)."
Distribution: NORTH AMERICA. México
(Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur: Vizcaino Desert).
Published Records: Vejovis
viscainensis Williams paratypes: 5M, 4F (CAS), same locality as holotype; 1F (CAS; allotype), 23
km S Guerrero Negro, 16-IV-1969 (S. C. Williams), Baja California Sur, México; additional specimens,
several sites in Baja California Sur (San Angel, 13 mi W San Ignacio; 1 mi E
Las Bombas, 2 mi E Las Bombas), México. Baja
California Norte, Mexico: 4.8 km N Manuela. 22-VI-1968 (Williams, Cazier).
Baja California Sur: 42 km S El Arco, 17-IV-1969 (Williams); 32 km S Santa
Rosalia,19-IV-1969 (Williams); 10 km S Santa Rosalia, 19-IV-1969 (Williams); 13 km
NW San Raymundo, 30-VI-1968 (Williams, Cazier).
Notes: Williams
(1980): This
species is endemic to the sandy habitats of the Vizcaino Desert and is rare. |
