Isometrus Explained

Isometrus is a genus of scorpion belonging and being eponymous to the family Buthidae.[1] [2] Some species are currently assigned to the genus Reddyanus.[3]

Distribution

The species of this genus are found in south and southeast Asia and in Oceania, with the exception of Isometrus maculatus which is pantropical.

Description

They are medium sized buthids, where the adults have a body length of 30 to 75 mm. Pedipalps are orthobothriotaxic. Chelal trichobothrium db is located between dt and et. There are 3 to 5 pairs of lateral eyes. Tibial spurs are absent on all legs. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalps consists with six rows of granules.[4]

Current species

Former species

All species are assigned to Reddyanus.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A new species of Isometrus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southern India . 2021-08-28 . Euscorpius - Occasional Publications in Scorpiology. 2020, No. 310.
  2. Web site: A review of the genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with descriptions of four new species from Asia and Australia . 2021-08-30 . Euscorpius — Occasional Publications in Scorpiology. 2003, No. 10.
  3. 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) . 2021-08-30 . Euscorpius . 2019 . 295 . 1–45 . 10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss295.1. 214363192 . free .
  4. 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 . 2021-08-29 . Euscorpius . 2016 . 220 . 1–133 . 10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1. free .
  5. Shubhankar Deshpande, Gaurang Gowande, Nikhil Dandekar, Mihir Joshi, Deshabhushan Bastawade and Shauri Sulakhe. 2024. A Baffling Case of Morphological, Molecular and Ecological Discordance in Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with the Description of Five New Species from southern India. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 308; 71-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.11.001
  6. Shubhankar Deshpande, Gaurang Gowande, Nikhil Dandekar, Mihir Joshi, Deshabhushan Bastawade and Shauri Sulakhe. 2024. A Baffling Case of Morphological, Molecular and Ecological Discordance in Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with the Description of Five New Species from southern India. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 308; 71-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.11.001
  7. Shubhankar Deshpande, Gaurang Gowande, Nikhil Dandekar, Mihir Joshi, Deshabhushan Bastawade and Shauri Sulakhe. 2024. A Baffling Case of Morphological, Molecular and Ecological Discordance in Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with the Description of Five New Species from southern India. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 308; 71-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.11.001
  8. Shubhankar Deshpande, Gaurang Gowande, Nikhil Dandekar, Mihir Joshi, Deshabhushan Bastawade and Shauri Sulakhe. 2024. A Baffling Case of Morphological, Molecular and Ecological Discordance in Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with the Description of Five New Species from southern India. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 308; 71-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.11.001
  9. Shubhankar Deshpande, Gaurang Gowande, Nikhil Dandekar, Mihir Joshi, Deshabhushan Bastawade and Shauri Sulakhe. 2024. A Baffling Case of Morphological, Molecular and Ecological Discordance in Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with the Description of Five New Species from southern India. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 308; 71-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.11.001

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Isometrus".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.