Tityus alejandroi [Teruel, Rivera & Santos, 2015*]

Tityus alejandroi [Teruel, Rivera & Santos, 2015*]

Figure 5: Holotype adult male of Tityus alejandroi sp. n.: dorsal (a) and ventral (b) views.

Figure 6: Holotype adult male of Tityus alejandroi sp. n.: pedipalp, dorsal view (a); prosoma and mesosoma, ventral view (b);
metasoma and telson, lateral view (c); telson, lateral close-up (d).

Figure 7: Paratype juvenile male of Tityus alejandroi sp. n.: dorsal (a) and ventral (b) views.

Figure 8: Paratype juvenile male of Tityus alejandroi sp. n.: pedipalp chela, external view (a); metasomal segment V and
telson, lateral view (b).

Figures 9-10: 9. Known geographical distribution of the genus Microtityus in Puerto Rico: M. borincanus (1), M. santosi (2),
M. vieques sp. n. (3). 10. Known geographical distribution of the "quisqueyanus" species-group of the genus Tityus in Puerto
Rico: T. angelesae (1), T. juliorum (2), T. alejandroi sp. n. (3). The single, questionable record of the second species from
southeastern Puerto Rico (Armas, 2010) is marked with an outer circle.

Reference:
Teruel R, Rivera MJ, Santos CJ. Two new scorpions from the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, Greater Antilles (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius. 2015 (208):1-15. [Open Access]

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