Systematic Revision of the Neotropical Club-Tailed Scorpions, Physoctonus, Rhopalurus, and Troglorhopalurus, Revalidation of Heteroctenus, and Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species (Buthidae: Rhopalurusinae) Author Lauren A. Esposito Author Humberto Y. Yamaguti Author Cláudio A. Souza Author Ricardo Pinto-Da-Rocha Author Lorenzo Prendini text Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2017 2017-06-26 415 1 134 journal article 32293 10.1206/0003-0090-415.1.1 22b02e67-634f-4e71-a8fa-3392aff63985 2246/6723 851382

TABLE 3 Meristic data for type material of Ischnotelson peruassu, sp. n., Physoctonus striatus, sp. n., and Physoctonus debilis (C.L. Koch, 1840). Measurements follow Prendini (2000, 2003, 2004). 1 Sum of carapace, tergites I–VII, metasomal segments I–V, and telson; 2 sum of metasomal segments I–V and telson; 3 measured from base of condyle to tip of fixed finger.

		I. peruassu		P. debilis		P. striatus
		Holotype ♂	Paratype ♀	♂	♂	Holotype ♂	Paratype ♂
		MZSP	UFMG	MZSP	MZSP	MZSP	MZSP
Total length1		31138 58.7	4818 48.6	30866 26.5	31158 28.1	31128 25.9	30869 22.5
Prosoma	length	7.0	6.2	3.1	3.4	3.1	2.9
	ant. width	4.2	3.8	2.2	2.3	1.3	1.3
	post. width	7.2	6.2	3.7	4.0	3.3	3.0
Mesosoma Metasoma	total length total length2	16.5 35.2	12.0 30.4	7.8 15.6	7.7 17.0	7.4 15.4	6.2 13.4
Segment I	length	4.7	4.0	2.1	2.2	2.3	1.5
	width	4.1	3.5	1.9	2.0	1.7	1.3
	height	3.4	2.9	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.3
Segment II	length	5.3	4.5	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.3
	width	4.2	3.6	1.8	1.9	1.6	1.6
	height	3.4	3.0	1.5	1.6	1.3	1.3
Segment III	length	5.7	4.8	2.5	2.7	2.4	2.3
	width	4.7	3.6	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.7
	height	3.6	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.3
Segment IV	length	6.1	5.3	2.7	3.1	2.7	2.6
	width	5.2	4.0	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.0
	height	3.6	3.0	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.3
Segment V	length	7.2	6.3	3.2	3.4	3.0	2.8
	width	4.9	3.8	2.0	2.2	2.2	1.9
	height	3.2	2.7	1.5	1.6	1.3	1.3
Telson	total length	6.2	5.5	2.8	3.1	2.4	1.9
Vesicle	length	3.6	3.3	1.8	1.9	1.4	1.2
	width	1.7	1.7	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.9
	height	2.1	2.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.9
Aculeus	length	3.4	2.9	1.4	1.6	1.3	1.0
Pedipalp	total length	26.9	23.4	12.5	13.8	11.9	10.9
Femur	length	6.9	6.0	3.0	3.2	2.9	2.4
	width	2.0	1.8	0.9	1.0	0,8	0.8
	height	1.4	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7
Patella	length	7.7	6.6	3.4	3.8	3.3	2.9
	width	2.5	2.3	1.3	1.5	1.1	1.2
	height	2.1	1.7	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.7
Chela	length3	12.3	10.8	6.1	6.8	5.7	5.6
Manus	width	3.2	2.1	1.4	1.5	1.3	1.4
	height	3.2	2.2	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.2
Mov. finger	length	8.2	7.3	4.3	4.8	4.0	4.0
Pectines	total length	5.2	4.9	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.0
	basal width	1.8	1.4	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9
	tooth count	26/26	27/27	14/13	14/15	15/15	17/17