Redescription of Rhopalurus abudi (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with first description of the male and first record from mainland Hispaniola

Autor: Jeremy C. Huff, Erich S. Volschenk, Lorenzo Prendini, Lauren A. Esposito
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Arachnology. 37:206-224
ISSN: 1937-2396
0161-8202
DOI: 10.1636/h08-55.1
Popis: Rhopalurus abudi Armas & Marcano Fondeur 1987 was originally described on the basis of a single female specimen from Isla Saona, La Romana Province, off the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic. The species is redescribed here based on a series of new specimens including 19 adult males and 14 adult females collected at two nearby localities on the eastern side of Parque Nacional del Este, La Altagracia Province, southeastern Dominican Republic. These specimens represent the first records of R. abudi on mainland Hispaniola and the first male specimens of the species to be collected.
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