Name-bearing types of scorpions deposited at the Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Havana, Cuba (Arachnida: Scorpiones)

Abstract

In the Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Havana, there are deposited 76 name-bearing types (holotypes, lectotypes, and syntypes) of scorpions belonging to 10 genera of the families Buthidae (Alayotityus, Centruroides,

Systematic Revision of the Arboreal Neotropical “Thorellii” Clade of Centruroides Marx, 1890, Bark Scorpions (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837) with Descriptions of Six New Species

“…Armas (1996) also described C. sissomi, and assigned it to the thorellii group due to its small size. Illustrations and photographs of the holotype female of C. sissomi in the original description indicate that the pectinal plate is not lobed, and subsequent photographs of the holotype by Armas (2006) indicate a densely granular tegument, characters inconsistent with the "thorellii" clade. Material examined during the present study confirmed the presence of two sympatric species of Centruroides in the Jardín Botánico Alfredo Barrera, Puerto Morelos.…”

First record of Centruroides alayoni Armas, 1999 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Haiti, Greater Antilles

“…As diagnosed by Armas (1999), C. alayoni is a medium-sized species (38−55 mm), pale yellow in general appearance with light brown spots, having 20−23 pectinal teeth in the females and 23−25 in the males; metasoma with intercarinal spaces finely gran-ulate, segments I−IV with dentate carinae; vesicle globose in the female and ovate in the male, with a small spiniform subaculear tubercle (Armas, 1999: fig. 10 B−C;Armas, 2006: fig. 2 D).…”