Grosphus Simon 1880
- Dataset
- The genus Grosphus Simon, 1880 in South-Western Madagascar, with the description of a new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Scorpiones
- family
- Buthidae
- genus
- Grosphus
diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS. — Scorpions of medium to large size ranging from 35 to 120 mm in total length. The general coloration can present almost all the colour patterns observed among scorpions in general, ranging from pale yellowish to yellow, reddish-yellow to reddish brown, dark brown and blackish, and with dark spots which may be distributed in many different configurations. Body and appendages can vary from weakly to strongly granulated. Dentate margins of pedipalp-chela fingers composed of 11 to 14 oblique rows of granules, but without supernumerary granules. Pectines with 18 to 40 teeth; basal middle lamellae not dilated in males but strongly dilated in females. Subaculear tubercle is absent in adults, but can be present in juveniles.
discussion
KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS GROSPHUS SIMON, 1880 DISTRIBUTED IN THE SOUTH- WEST OF MADAGASCAR
discussion
REMARK ABOUT THE KEY G. limbatus (Pocok, 1889) and G. rossii Lourenço, 2013 are included for comparative purposes, although these species lives in the central region of the island.
distribution
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from Madagascar and Mayotte.
type_taxon
TYPE SPECIES. — Scorpio (Androctonus) madagascariensis Gervais, 1843 by original designation.
Name
- Homonyms
- Grosphus Simon 1880
- Grosphus