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Isometrus (Reddyanus) acanthurus Pocock 1899

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Isometrus (Reddyanus) acanthurus Pocock, 1899

Isometrus acanthurus Pocock, 1899a: 264; Pocock, 1900: 51; Kraepelin, 1913: 135; Takashima, 1945: 87.

Isometrus (Reddyanus) acanthurus: Vachon, 1972: 177; Vachon, 1976: 39; Kovařík, 1998a: 36; Kovařík, 1998b: 111; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 150.

Isometrus (Raddyanus) acanthurus: Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 299.

Isometrus (Raddyanus) acanthurus acanthurus: Kovařík, 1994: 202; Kovařík, 1997a: 8; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 151.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Matheran; BMNH.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. India, Matheran, 1♂ (holotype), BMNH No. 1897.9.17.90.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. India, Panvel, 2♂ 3♀, 1985, FKCP.

DISTRIBUTION. India (Maharashtra) (Pocock, 1899a: 264).

Notes

Published as part of Kovařík, František, 2003, A review of the genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with descriptions of four new species from Asia and Australia, pp. 1-19 in Euscorpius 10 (10) on page 5, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss10.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4672850

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , FKCP
Scientific name authorship
Pocock
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Scorpiones
Family
Buthidae
Genus
Isometrus
Species
acanthurus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Isometrus (Reddyanus) acanthurus Pocock, 1899 sec. Kovařík, 2003

References

  • POCOCK, R. I. 1899 a. Descriptions of six new species of scorpions from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 12: 262 - 268.
  • POCOCK, R. I. 1900. Arachnida. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. London: W. T. Blandford, xii, 279 pp.
  • KRAEPELIN, K. 1913. Neue Beitrage zur Systematik der Gliederspinnen. III. A. Bemerkungen zur Skorpionenfauna Indiens. B. Die Skorpione, Pedipalpen und Solifugen Deutsch - Ostafrikas. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 30: 123 - 196.
  • TAKASHIMA, H. 1945. Scorpions of Eastern Asia. Acta Arachnologica, Tokyo, 9: 68 - 106.
  • VACHON, M. 1972. Remarques sur les scorpions appartenant au genre Isometrus H. et E. (Buthidae) a propos de l'espece Isometrus maculatus (Geer) habitant l'ile de Paques. Cahiers Pacifique, 16: 169 - 180.
  • VACHON, M. 1976. Isometrus (Reddyanus) heimi, nouvelle espece de Scorpions Buthidae habitant la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Cahiers Pacifique, 19: 29 - 45.
  • KOVARIK, F. 1998 a. Isometrus (Reddyanus) krasenskyi sp. n. from Indonesia and I. (R.) navaiae sp. n. from the Philippines (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 62: 35 - 40.
  • KOVARIK, F. 1998 b. Stiri [Scorpiones]. Jihlava (Czech Republic): Madagaskar Publishing House, 176 pp. (in Czech).
  • KOVARIK, F. 1994. Isometrus zideki sp. n. from Malaysia and Indonesia, and a taxonomic position of Isometrus formosus, I. thurstoni and I. sankariensis (Arachnida: Scorpionida: Buthidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 58: 195 - 203.
  • KOVARIK, F. 1997 a. Isometrus (Reddyanus) kurkai sp. n. from Indonesia (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Casopis Narodniho Musea, 166 (1 - 4): 5 - 10.