Reddyanus loebli

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Reddyanus loebli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Reddyanus
Species:
R. loebli
Binomial name
Reddyanus loebli
(Vachon  [ fr ], 1982)
Synonyms
  • Isometrus (Reddyanus) acanthurus loebliVachon, 1982
  • Isometrus (Reddyanus) loebliLourenço & Huber, 2002
  • Isometrus (Reddyanus) garyiLourenço & Huber, 2002

Reddyanus loebli is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

Total length 26–45 mm. Male has longer metasomal segments and telson than female. Pedipalps and legs are yellow with several small brown spots. Body yellowish with black spots. Pedipalp, femur and patella are spotted, where patella mostly black, and femur mostly yellow. Subaculear tooth is pointed. There are 14 to 17 pectinal teeth. Hemispermatophore with a median lobe terminating distally in a pointed cusp. There is a pointed subaculear tooth in juveniles. Male is characterized by a markedly enlarged terminal tubercle of the dorsal carina on the second metasomal segment, which is absent in females and juveniles. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Isometrus loebli". ZipcodeZoo.com. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "A review of the genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with descriptions of four new species from Asia and Australia". Euscorpius — Occasional Publications in Scorpiology. 2003, No. 10. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ↑ Wijesooriya, Kumudu B.; Weerasekara, Lakshani S.; Ranawana, Kithsiri B. (2020-11-27). "Diversity of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) in Polonnaruwa Archaeological Reserve, Sri Lanka". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 12 (15): 17121–17128. doi:10.11609/jott.6238.12.15.17121-17128 . Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  4. ↑ Kovařík, František; Šťáhlavský, František (2019-12-07). "Revision of the genus Reddyanus from Southeast Asia, with description of five new species from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (Scorpiones: Buthidae)". Euscorpius. 2019 (295): 1–45. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss295.1 . Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  5. ↑ Charles University; Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Monell Chemical Senses Center; Ranawana, Kithsiri B.; University of Peradeniya; Hoferek, David; Jayarathne, V. A. Sanjeewa; University of Peradeniya (2016). "Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n". Euscorpius. 2016 (220): 1–133. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1 . Retrieved 2021-08-29.


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