Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884)

Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884)

Heterometrus silenus (part): Prendini & Loria, 2020: 279–
290, figs. 10, 24C, D, 51E–H, 70C, 72C, 158, 179–183,
table 2 (reference list until 2020).

C, D. Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884), comb. nov. et stat. rev. C. d, D. 2 (AMNH), Ta Kou Mountain Nature Reserve, Vietnam. Scale
bars = 2 mm.

C, D. Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884), comb. nov. et stat. rev. C. 6, D. 2 (AMNH), Ta Kou Mountain Nature Reserve, Viet-
nam. Scale bars = 2 mm.

E-H. Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884), comb. nov. et stat. rev., d (AMNH), Ta Kou Mountain Nature Reserve, Vietnam. Scale bars = 2 mm.

E-H. Heterometrus longimanus (Herbst, 1800), ¢ (AMNH), Kuching, Malaysia. Scale bars = 2 mm.

C. Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884), comb. nov. et stat. rev., 6 (AMNH), Ta Kou Mountain Nature Reserve, Vietnam. 

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).

FIGURE 179.  Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884), comb. nov. et stat. rev., habitus, dorsal aspect: A. d
(AMNH), B. 2 (AMNH), Ta Kou Mountain Nature Reserve, Vietnam. Scale bars = 10 mm.

FIGURE 180. Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884), comb. nov. et stat. rev., habitus, ventral aspect: A. d
(AMNH), B. 2 (AMNH), Ta Kou Mountain Nature Reserve, Vietnam. Scale bars = 10 mm.

FIGURE 181. Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884),comb. nov. et stat. rev., ¢6 (AMNH), Ta Kou Mountain Nature Reserve, Vietnam,pedipalp patella: Adorsal, B. retrolateral, and C. ventral aspects. Scale
bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 182. Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884), comb. nov. et stat. rev., pedipalp chela, retrodorsal aspect.
A. 2 (AMNH), B. d (AMNH), Ta Kou Mountain Nature Reserve, Vietnam. Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 183. Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884), comb. nov. et stat. rev., 6 (AMNH), Ta Kou Mountain
Nature Reserve, Vietnam, pedipalp chela: A. ventral and B. nprolateral aspects. Scale bar = 5 mm.

Figures 8–9. H. silenus, male from Chanthaburi (8) and female from Chonburi (9), TUPC.

Figures 16–17. H. silenus, male from Chanthaburi (16) and female from Chonburi (17), TUPC. 

Figures 24–25. H. silenus, male from Chanthaburi (24) and female from Chonburi (25), TUPC. 

Figures 34–35. H. silenus, male from Chanthaburi (34) and female from Chonburi (35), TUPC.

Figures 44–45. H. silenus, male from Chanthaburi (44) and female from Chonburi (45),
TUPC.

gures 54–55. H. silenus, male from Chanthaburi (54) and female from Chonburi (55), TUPC.

Figures 76–79: Heterometrus silenus, in dorsal (76, 78) and ventral (77, 79) aspects; scale bar = 10 mm. Figures 76–77. Male from Chanthaburi,
TUPC. Figures 78–79. Female from Chonburi, TUPC.

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 

 

 

 

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