A review of synonyms and subspecies in the genus Opistophthalmus C.L. Koch(Scorpiones : Scorpionidae) [Review]

摘要

The synonyms and subspecies attributed to species of Opisiophthalmus C.L. Koch, 1837 (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) are reviewed, based mostly upon examination of type material. Four species and seven subspecies are synonymized, five species are reinstated, and six subspecies (three of which were originally described as species) are elevated to the rank of species, bringing the total number of species recognized in the genus to 59. A list of the 34 synonyms accepted for the species of Opistophthalmus is appended. New synonyms: O. austerus monticola Hewitt, 1927 = O. austerus Karsch, 1879; O, ecristatus Pocock, 1899 = O, boehmi (Kraepelin, 1890); O. karrooensis rugosus Lawrence, 1946 = O. karrooensis Purcell, 1898; O. laticauda crinita Lawrence, 1955 = O. pallipes C.L. Koch, 1842; O. latimanus austeroides Hewitt, 1914 = O. latimanus C.L. Koch, 1841; O. latimanus kalaharicus Hewitt, 1935 = O. pugnax Thorell, 1876; O. lundensis Monard, 1937 = O. wahlbergii (Thorell, 1876); O. pilosus Werner, 1936 = O. flavescens Purcell, 1898; O. pugnax natalensis Hewitt, 1915 = O. praedo Thorell, 1876; O. wahlbergi robustus Newlands, 1969 = O. wahlbergii (Thorell, 1876); O. werneri Lamoral & Reynders, 1975 = O. flavescens Purcell, 1898. Removed from synonymy: O. chaperi Simon, 1880; O. latro Thorell, 1876; O. luciranus Lawrence, 1959; O, praedo Thorell, 1876; O. scabrifrons Hewitt, 1918. Subspecies elevated to species: O. fuscipes Purcell, 1898; 0, keilandsi Hewitt, 1914; O. lawrencei Newlands, 1969; O. leipoldti Purcell, 1898; O. pluridens Hewitt, 1918; O, pugnax Thorell, 1876.