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Issue: Vol. 3210 No. 1: 28 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3210.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

On the taxonomic status of Chactas camposi Mello-Leitão, 1939 (Scorpiones, Chactidae)

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, travessa 14, 101, São Paulo, SP, 05508–900, Brazil Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Paraninfo Universitario, Plaza de Armas s/n, Cusco, Peru
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, travessa 14, 101, São Paulo, SP, 05508–900, Brazil
Scorpiones Teuthraustes Ecuador Andes

Abstract

The true taxonomic status of the chactid scorpion Chactas camposi Mello-Leitão, 1939 from Ecuador is established basedin the recently discovered holotype female, until now considered lost, at the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. In baseon the analysis of the external morphology, we transfer this species to the genus Teuthraustes Simon, 1878. A detailedredescription and diagnosis according to modern standards are provided. Teuthraustes camposi comb. n. is closely related with Teuthraustes whymperi (Pocock, 1893) from Ecuadorian provinces Pichincha and Cotopaxi.

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