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Heterometrus spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828)

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C, D. Heterometrus spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828), C. 6 (AMNH), D. 2 (AMNH), Cameron Highlands,
Malaysia. Scale bars = 2 mm.

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C, D. Heterometrus spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828), C. d, D. 2 (AMNH),
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Scale bars = 2 mm.

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E-H. Heterome-
trus spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828), 6 (AMNH), Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Scale bars = 2 mm.

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FIGURE 186. Heterometrus spinifer (Ehrenberg,
1828), ¢ (AMNH), Cameron Highlands, Malaysia,
pedipalp patella: A. dorsal, B. retrolateral, and C.
ventral aspects. Scale bar = 5 mm,

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Figures 28–29. H. spinifer, males from Yala (28) and Narathiwat (29), TUPC.

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image.pngFigures 80–81: Heterometrus spinifer, in vivo habitus and dorsal aspect. Figure 80. Male from Yala, TUPC. Figure 81. Male from Narathiwat,
TUPC.

image.pngFigures 83: Arm-span competition between males of Heterometrus spinifer from Yala (right) and Narathiwat (left).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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