Isometrus Ehrenberg 1828
Creators
- 1. InSearch Environmental Solutions, C- 26 / 9, Ketan Heights, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra 411038, India. & Institute of Natural History Education and Research (INHER), B 1 - 602, Kumar Parisar, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra 411038, India.
- 2. InSearch Environmental Solutions, C- 26 / 9, Ketan Heights, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra 411038, India. & Department of Environmental Science, Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India.
- 3. InSearch Environmental Solutions, C- 26 / 9, Ketan Heights, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra 411038, India. & Annasaheb Kulkarni Department of Biodiversity, Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India. & Department of Biotechnology, Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India.
- 4. InSearch Environmental Solutions, C- 26 / 9, Ketan Heights, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra 411038, India.
Description
Key to Isometrus species from India
1. Ventral median carina on vesicle strongly granular ..................... I. tamhini (Sulakhe et al., 2020)
– Ventral median carina on vesicle moderately granular....................................................................2
– Ventral median carina on vesicle weakly granular..........................................................................3
2. Surface of carapace coarsely and densely granular ................................. I. wayanadensis sp. nov.
– Surface of carapace finely and densely granular ......................... I. amboli (Sulakhe et al., 2020)
3. Chela length to width ratio in males 10.6 ...................................................... I. nakshatra sp. nov.
– Chela length to width ratio in males 5.0–6.4..................................................................................4
4. Lateral supramedian and ventral lateral carinae on metasomal segments II–IV strongly granular; metasomal length to carapace length ratio in males 5.9–6.1 ................................................................ ....................................................................................... I. sankeriensis (Tikader & Bastawade, 1983)
– Lateral supramedian and ventral lateral carinae on metasomal segments II–IV moderately to weakly granular; metasomal length to carapace length ratio in males 6.5–8.2............................................5
5. Surface of carapace coarsely and sparsely granular, with some areas without granules; anterior margin of carapace sharply curved near lateral ocelli ........................ I. thurstoni (Pocock, 1983)
– Surface of carapace more closely granular in inter-ocular area and median posterior ocular area; anterior margin of carapace curved near lateral ocelli .................. I. kovariki (Sulakhe et al., 2020)
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Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D4A7105FFD48970B0F4ADF0FAEBCCF9
- LSID
- urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2FC053B2-9202-4A22-8149-CBBE556C27AF
Biodiversity
- Family
- Buthidae
- Genus
- Isometrus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Scorpiones
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Ehrenberg
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 sec. Sulakhe, Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar & Ketkar, 2022
References
- Tikader B. K. & Bastawade D. B. 1983. Scorpions (Scorpionida: Arachnida). Vol. III. In: Tikader B. K. (ed.) The Fauna of India. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata].