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Teruelius ankarafantsika Lowe & Kovařík 2019, comb. n.

Description

Teruelius ankarafantsika (Lourenço, 2003) comb. n.

1♀ (holotype, Figs. 219, 389–390, 394–403, 406–408, 410–415) 1♂ (paratype, Figs. 201, 220, 387–388, 391–393, 404–405, 409, 416–417), Majunga Province, Ankarafantsika Reserve, Forest Station Ampijoroa, 16°18’S 46°48’E, sand area of Paquypodium (= Pachypodium), 27.II.2001 - 1.III.2001, leg. García Herrero (MHNG); 1♀ 45 newborn (paratypes), Majunga Province, Ankarafantsika Reserve, Forest Station Ampijoroa, “Jardin Botanique A”, 16°18’S 46°48’E, 24.-24. II.2001, leg. García Herrero (MHNG); 1♂ (Figs. 13, 78–79, 93, 99, 138, 150, 170), Mahajanga Province, SE d’Ampijoroa, 16°19.4’S 46°48.4’E, 160 m a. s. l., in dry deciduous forest on white sand, 17.IV.2003, leg. S. M. Goodman, SMG#13610 pitfall (FMNH 73423); 1♀ (Figs. 13, 44, 78–79, 99, 127), Mahajanga Province, SE d’Ampijoroa, 16°19.4’S 46°48.4’E, 100 m a. s. l., in dry deciduous forest on white sand, 22.IV.2003, leg. S. M. Goodman, SMG#13639 pitfall 3 bucket 74 (FMNH 73425); 1♂ 1♀ (Figs. 15, 24, 45, 80, 99, 171, 186–187), Mahajanga Province, Réserve Forestière de l’Ankarafantsika, 5 km SSE Ampijoroa, 16°20.3’S 46°47.6’E, 160 m a. s. l., 4–7.II.1997, slightly disturbed deciduous forest, pitfall, leg. S. M. Goodman (FMNH ♂ 73430, ♀ 73432), det. as G. bistriatus.

Teruelius ankarana (Lourenço & Goodman, 2003) comb. n. 1♂ 1♀ (Figs. 14, 46, 71–72, 90, 100, 128, 141, 154–155, 172, 188), Antsiranana Province, Reserve Special d’Analamerana, Forêt d’Ankavanana, 15.8 km SE Anivorano-Nord, 12°47.7’S 49°22.1E, 200 m a. s. l., 23.I.2004, pitfall trap, in particularly disturbed mixed dry deciduous and humid forest, leg. S. M. Goodman, SMG#14114 (FMNH 86978); 8♂ 10♀ 5juvs. ♂ 3juvs. ♀ (Figs. 100, 202, 216, 418–421), Antsiranana Province, Ankarana NP, Diego Suarez env., E of Ramena village, 12°57’43.4”S 49°07’13.48”E, 126 m a. s. l., (FKCP, GLPC); 2♂ (after 4th ecdysis) 2♂ (after 5th ecdysis) 2♀, 2011 (FKCP); 1♂, Mahajanga Province, Ankofia riv., Ambodimanga env. (Bora) (FKCP).

Notes

Published as part of Lowe, Graeme & Kovařík, František, 2019, Review of Grosphus Simon 1880 with description of Teruelius gen n a new buthid genus from Madagascar (Scorpiones Buthidae), pp. 1-128 in Euscorpius 281 on page 60, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss281.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7143610

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Biodiversity

Collection code
FKCP , FKCP, GLPC , FMNH , MHNG
Material sample ID
FMNH 86978
Event date
2001-02-24 , 2001-02-27 , 2004-01-23
Verbatim event date
2001-02-24 , 2001-02-27/03-01 , 2004-01-23
Scientific name authorship
Lowe & Kovařík
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Scorpiones
Family
Buthidae
Genus
Teruelius
Species
ankarafantsika
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Teruelius ankarafantsika (Lourenco, 2003) sec. Lowe & Kovařík, 2019