Contribución al conocimiento taxonómico del género Urophonius Pocock, 1893 (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae).

ACOSTA, L.E.

JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

American Arachnological Society

Lugar: Lubbock, Texas; Año: 1988 vol. 16 p. 23 - 33

0161-8202

In this paper, three species-groups within the genus Urophonius are recognized: exochus group, granulatus group and brachycentrus group. The diagnostic characters used at this level are: arrangement of ventral submedian carinae in metasomal segment I; ventral chaetotaxy in metasomal segments I, II and III; telotarsal spine formula (legs III and IV); morphology of lobe region of hemispermatophore; relative location of femur trichobothria d and e, and macrosetae M1 and M2; ventral pigmentation pattern of metasoma. A key for the nominate species in the genus, as well as some comments on distribution and bioecology, are added.