Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovařík, 2004)

A, B. Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovarik, 2004), comb. nov., A. ¢ (ZMH), Ootacalum, India, 

A,B. Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovarik, 2004), comb. nov., A. d (ZMH), Ootacalum, India, 

A-D. Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovatik, 2004), comb. nov., 2 (AMNH), Yelagiri Hills,
India.

A. Chersonesometrus bastawadei, sp. nov., holotype 2 (AMNH), Naganath Temple, India.

FIGURE 80. Map of South India and Sri Lanka, plotting known locality records of eight species of Chersone-
sometrus Couzijn, 1978, stat. nov. et stat. rev., based on material examined, and verified records from virtual
museums and the literature: Chersonesometrus bastawadei, sp. nov.; Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovatik,
2004), comb. nov.; Chersonesometrus hendersoni, sp. nov.; Chersonesometrus nathanorum, sp. nov.; Chersone-
sometrus pelekomanus (Couzijn, 1981), comb. nov.; Chersonesometrus shivashankari, sp. nov.; Chersonesome-
trus tristis (Henderson, 1919), comb. nov.; Chersonesometrus wroughtoni (Pocock, 1899), comb. nov.

FIGURE 84. Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovatik, 2004), comb. nov., habitus: A, C. dorsal and B, D. ventral
aspects. A, B. d (ZMH), Ootacalum, India. C, D. 2 (AMNH), Yelagiri Hills, India. Scale bars = 10 mm.

FIGURE 85. Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovatik,
2004), comb. nov., 2 (AMNH), Yelagiri Hills, India,
pedipalp patella: A. dorsal, B. retrolateral, and C,
ventral aspects. Scale bar = 5 mm,

FIGURE 86. Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovarik, 2004), comb. nov., 2 (AMNH), Yelagiri Hills, India,
pedipalp chela: A. retrodorsal, B. ventral, and C. prolateral aspects. Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 87. Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovarik, 2004), comb. nov., ¢ (ZMH), Ootacalum, India, pedi-
palp chela: A. retrodorsal, B. ventral, and C. prolateral aspects. Scale bar = 5 mm.

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE ASIAN FOREST SCORPIONS (HETEROMETRINAE SIMON, 1879), 
REVISED SUPRAGENERIC CLASSIFICATION OF SCORPIONIDAE LATREILLE, 1802, AND REVALIDATION OF RUGODENTIDAE BASTAWADE ET AL., 2005 
LORENZO PRENDINI 
Scorpion Systematics Research Group, 
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, 
American Museum of Natural History 
STEPHANIE F. LORIA 
Scorpion Systematics Research Group, 
Division of Invertebrate Zoology; 
Richard Gilder Graduate School, 
American Museum of Natural History