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Orthochiroides Kovarik 1998

Description

Orthochiroides Kovařík, 1998

Orthochiroides Kovařík, 1998: 115; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 192.

TYPE SPECIES. Orthochiroides vachoni Kovařík, 1998.

DIAGNOSIS. Patella of pedipalp without ventral trichobothria. Dorsal trichobothria of femur arranged in beta-configuration. Trichobothrium d 2 of pedipalp femur absent on dorsal surface. Pectines with fulcra. Tibial spurs present on third and fourth legs. Tarsomere I of first to third legs with bristlecombs in females, often without bristlecombs in males. Movable fingers of pedipalps bear 7–9 rows of granules. Carapace, in lateral view, slopes distinctly downward from median eyes to anterior margin. First and second metasomal segments with carinae. Fourth and fifth metasomal segments of adults ventrally punctate. Telson bulbous, aculeus shorter than vesicle. Total length under 40 mm.

Notes

Published as part of Kovařík, Baloorthochirus becvari & 1996, 2004, Revision and taxonomic position of genera Afghanorthochirus Lourenço & Vachon, Baloorthochirus Kova ík, Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock, Orthochiroides Kova ík, Pakistanorthochirus Lourenço, and Asian Orthochirus Karsch, with descriptions of twelve new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae), pp. 1-33 in Euscorpius 16 on page 23

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kovarik
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Scorpiones
Family
Buthidae
Genus
Orthochiroides
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Orthochiroides Kovarik, 1998 sec. Kovařík & 1996, 2004