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Heterometrus petersii (Thorell, 1876)

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FIGURE 158. Map of Southeast Asia, plotting known locality records of five species of Heterometrus Ehrenberg,
1828, based on material examined, and verified records from virtual museums and the literature: Heterometrus
laevigatus (Thorell, 1876), comb. nov. et stat. rev.; Heterometrus longimanus (Herbst, 1800); Heterometrus petersii
(Thorell, 1876); Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884), comb. nov. et stat. rev.; Heterometrus thorellii (Pocock, 1892).

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FIGURE 178. Heterometrus petersii (Thorell, 1876), holotype 2 (NMG 91), habitus: A. dorsal and B. ventral
aspects. Scale bar = 10 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