TABLE 6 Meristic data for type material of Centruroides catemacoensis, sp. nov. Material deposited in the California Academy of Sciences (CASENT), San Francisco and the Colección Nacional de Arácnidos (CNAN), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City. Measurements follow Stahnke (1970), Lamoral (1979), and Prendini (2001b).
| | Holotype | Paratypes | Paratypes |
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| | ♂ | ♂ | ♀ |
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| | CNAN | CASENT | CNAN | CASENT | CNAN |
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| | T01424 | 9073286 | 9073287 | T01420 | T01421 | 9073309 | 9073314 | 9073366 | T01422 | T01423 |
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| Total length 1 | 46.6 | 36.4 | 35.7 | 41.8 | 40.7 | 31.8 | 33.1 | 30.1 | 29.6 | 32.4 |
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| Carapace | length | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
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| ant. width | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| post. width | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| Median ocelli | diameter | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
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| Interocular | length 2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.3 |
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| Pedipalp | length 3 | 16.8 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 12.8 |
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| Trochanter | length | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
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| Femur | length | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
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| width | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| height | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Patella | length | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
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| width | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| height | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Chela | length 4 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
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| Manus | length | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
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| width | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| height | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Mov. finger | length | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
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| Leg I | length | 7.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
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| Pectines | length | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
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| tooth count | 14/13 | 14/14 | 14/14 | 13/14 | 14/14 | 14/13 | 14/14 | 13/13 | 13/13 | 14/14 |
| Mesosoma | length 5 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.1 |
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| Sternite VII | length | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
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| width | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| Metasoma | length 6 | 31.8 | 23.1 | 23.2 | 28.9 | 26.4 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 17.3 | 20.1 |
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| Metasoma I | length | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
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| width | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| height | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Metasoma II | length | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
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| width | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| height | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Metasoma III | length | 5.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
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| width | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| height | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Metasoma IV | length | 6.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
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| width | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| height | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Metasoma V | length | 6.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
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| width | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| height | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Telson | length | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
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| Vesicle | length | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
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| width | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| height | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Aculeus | length | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
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1 Sum of carapace, tergites I–VII, metasomal segments I–V, and telson; 2 distance between median ocelli; 3 sum of trochanter, femur, patella, and chela; 4 measured from base of condyle to tip of fixed finger; 5 sum of tergites I–VII; 6 sum of metasomal segments I–V and telson.