Ananteris ehrlichi Lourenco 1994
Creators: name: Botero-Trujillo, Ricardo
name: Flórez, Eduardo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Ananteris
Ananteris ehrlichi

description: Ananteris ehrlichi Lourenço, 1994   
Figures 1, 14–17, 35, 43, 51, 63; Tables 1, 2  
 Ananteris ehrlichi Lourenço, 1994: 387–388, figs. 1–2, 10, table 1.   
 References since Fet & Lowe (2000: 62). Ananteris ehrlichi: Fet & Lowe 2000: 62; Flórez 2001a: 30, 66, 83, tablas 4, 9, 13; Flórez 2001b: 28; González-Sponga 2006: 219; Lourenço et al. 2006: 109; Botero-Trujillo 2007: 61, 68; Teruel & García 2007: 1, 6, fig. 4; Botero-Trujillo 2008a: 287, 288, 297, fig. 1, figs. 24–25, tables 1–2; Rojas-Runjaic et al. 2008: 80; Botero-Trujillo 2009: 83, 93, fig. 1; Botero-Trujillo & Noriega, 2011: 38, 39, figs. 3– 4.   
 Type material. Holotype female: COLOMBIA: Caquetá Department: Florencia, Path El Paraiso, School El Paraiso, 850 m asl, June 1990, P. Ruiz-C. (ICN-As-007) (examined).   
 Further material examined. COLOMBIA: Caquetá Department: 1 adult female, La Montañita, Santuario Las Iglesias, Itarca, 330 m asl, 25 April 2004, M. Agudelo (ICN-As-579). 1 adult female, Chiribiquete Natural National Park, River Mesay, 20 January 2000, F. Quevedo (ICN-As-361). 1 adult female, Chiribiquete Natural National Park, River Sararamano, April 2000, F. Quevedo (ICN-As-342). 1 adult female, Solano, Chiribiquete Natural National Park, Bosque Amarillo, pitfall trap with decomposing fish, 24–26 February 2001, Cuñare Expedition (IAvH-E 100813). 1 adult male, Solano, Chiribiquete Natural National Park, River Sararamano, Bosque Verde Oscuro, pitfall trap, 11 April 2000 (IAvH-E 100814). 1 adult male, Solano, Chiribiquete Natural National Park, River Sararamano, Bosque Verde Militar, 0°10’47’’N 72°37’24’’W, 300 m asl, Winkler trap, 03–07 April 2000, E. González (IAvH-E 100815). 1 adult male, Solano, Chiribiquete Natural National Park, River Amú, Bosque Naranja, trap for dung beetles, 01–03 March 2001 (IAvH-E 100816).   
 Revised diagnosis. Carapace weakly, evenly concave and lacking anteromedian projection (Fig. 35); metasomal carinal formula 10:10:8:8:5; telson vesicle with three ventral longitudinal carinae made up of weak granulation; males with telson noticeably elongated;  V 1  and  V 2  trichobothria arranged linearly parallel to the external surface of the chela (aligned axially) (Fig. 43); fixed finger trichobothria in the order eb: esb: est / db: et: dt, with est located beside db or nearly so (Fig. 51); dorsal surface of chelicerae with dense and almost complete reticular pattern, except on anterior margin where immaculately yellow and spotless (Fig. 35); pectines with 23–24 teeth on males (mode = 24), 21–23 on females (mode = 22); sternite VII with incomplete but strong paramedian longitudinal carinae; pedipalp hand base color yellow with conspicuous brown areas ventrally, internally, dorsally and externally; coxosternal region almost entirely yellow and spotless, except for coxapophyses I brownish anteriorly. Hemispermatophore: capsular region with two lobes; flagellum with long pars recta and coiled pars reflexa (Fig. 63).   
 Male. Description based on IAvH-E 100814. Measurements: see Table 2. Coloration: general coloration yellowish to reddish-brown with variegated pigmentation over almost the entire body and appendages (Figs. 14–15). Carapace predominantly brown with some yellow spots and stripes; anterior margin yellow, posterior margin brown; arising posteriorly to each lateral ocular tubercle there is a thin and almost straight yellow stripe that ends behind the median ocular tubercle; median ocular tubercle black, surrounded on its base by thin yellow lines on anterolateral and posterolateral margins. Chelicerae with yellow coxa; hand with dense and almost complete reticular pattern on dorsal surface, except anteriorly where immaculately yellow and spotless (Fig. 35); fixed finger yellow and movable finger predominantly brown, each with reddish teeth. Coxosternal region, genital operculum, pectinal basal piece, pectines and sternite III entirely yellow, except for coxapophyses I with anterior brownish spots; sternites IV–VII with inconspicuous brownish areas posteriorly; sternite V with a subtriangular-to-flattened posterior median hyaline area. Tergites predominantly brown; two longitudinal yellow stripes crossing tergites I– VI are only evident on the posterior half of each segment beside the midline; each side of tergites I– VI with two transverse yellow lines converging near the longitudinal lines, arrow-like; tergite VII predominantly yellow, with large brown regions laterally; lateral margins of tergites I–VII completely yellow. Metasoma predominantly yellowish-red; dorsal intercarinal spaces of segments I–IV with a median brown design wider anteriorly, triangle-like on segments I–II, arrow-like on segments III–IV; segments I–IV with variegated pigmentation on all surfaces; segment V dark-red. Telson vesicle reddish, lighter than segment V and with inconspicuous brownish spots ventroexternally; aculeus dark-red distally, yellowish basally; subaculear tubercle yellowish-red. Pedipalps predominantly brown; coxa and trochanter with variegated pigmentation; femur brown dorsally and internally but predominantly yellow ventrally and externally, trichobothrial pits yellow; patella with variegated pigmentation on dorsal, external and internal surfaces where predominantly brown, yellowish ventrally, with trichobothrial pits yellow; hand primarily yellow but with conspicuous brown areas on all surfaces; fixed and movable fingers entirely brown. Legs with variegated pigmentation from femur to basitarsi, other segments yellow.   
 Carapace: densely covered with minute rounded granules especially on the brown areas; lateral margins converging anteriorly; anterior margin weakly, evenly concave and lacking anteromedian projection (Fig. 35); ocular carinae strong and granulose, others inconspicuous; with a median depression anterior to the ocular tubercle; postocular furrow evident; median ocular tubercle low, located on the posterior half of the anterior third of carapace; lateral ocular tubercles each with four ocelli, being the posteriormost very reduced and unaligned with the remaining three pairs.   
 Chelicerae: with abundant fine white setae on the internal and ventral surfaces; cheliceral dentition characteristic of the family Buthidae (Vachon 1963). Movable finger dorsally with two small basal teeth, one median pronounced, one subdistal slightly shorter than the median, and one distal tooth. Ventrally with three strong teeth, one basal, one median, and one distal tooth larger than its dorsal counterpart. Fixed finger dorsally with one basal and one median tooth forming a bicuspid, one subdistal, and one distal tooth. Ventrally with only one subdistal tooth located at the same level of the dorsal subdistal.   
 Coxosternal region: sternum subtriangular, with deep median depression and two anterolateral furrows; all the components of this region scarcely granulose, with abundant setae; coxapophyses I–II densely setose anteriorly.   
 Genital operculum and pectines: genital operculum completely divided longitudinally; pectinal basal piece as long as wide, deeply notched anteriorly; pectines long, with distal tip of marginal lamella reaching posterior end of coxae IV; count of pieces on the pectines: marginal lamellae 3:3, middle lamellae 8:8, teeth 23:24, fulcra absent.   
 Sternites: with dense granulation throughout, primarily on lateral margins, and abundant setae; VII with incomplete but strong paramedian longitudinal carinae, lateral carinae completely absent; V with subtriangular-to-flattened posterior median smooth area; spiracles elongated, approximately three times longer than wide in sternites III– V and four times longer than wide in VI.   
 Tergites: with similar granulation to that of carapace; axial carina only evident on the posterior half of tergites I– VI; dorsolateral carinae completely absent on tergites I– VI; tergite VII tetracarinate, with incomplete paired dorsolateral and lateral carinae, and granulose median elevation on the position of the axial carina.   
 Metasoma: with few long setae; segments I–II with ten carinae (paired ventrosubmedian, ventrolateral, median lateral, dorsolateral and dorsosubmedian carinae); segments III–IV with eight (median lateral carinae absent); segment V with five (ventromedian, paired ventrolateral and dorsolateral carinae); ventrolateral and median lateral carinae converge distally in segments I–II; ventrosubmedian and ventrolateral carinae connected anteriorly by a transverse row of granules in segments II–IV; all carinae serrulate; intercarinal spaces with abundant rounded granules.   
 Telson: vesicle noticeably elongated; tegument almost completely smooth except for three ventral longitudinal carinae made up of weak granulation; subaculear tubercle strong and spine-like; aculeus long and curved.   
 Pedipalps: with fine granulation on dorsal and internal surfaces of femur and patella; femur with five longitudinal carinae (dorsoexternal, dorsointernal, ventroexternal, ventrointernal and internal median carinae); patella without distinct carinae but with few granules on the position of dorsointernal and ventrointernal carinae; chela acarinate; fixed finger with six almost linear rows of granules, being the basal the longest; movable finger with seven rows (including the short apical row). Trichobothriotaxy type A, femur with β configuration (Vachon 1974, 1975).   
 Legs: tibia, basitarsus and telotarsus with numerous ventral setae; tibial spur present on legs III–IV; prolateral pedal spur single on legs I–II, bifid on legs III–IV; retrolateral pedal spur present on all legs.   
 Hemispermatophore: Description based on IAvH-E 100815 and IAvH-E 100816: Flagelliform, thin and sclerotized. Foot narrow and flat. Pedal flexure inconspicuous but movable. Body long, slightly wider on basal third. Capsular region with a large, markedly sclerotized basal lobe, and an internal lobe. Flagellum with long pars recta and long, coiled pars reflexa (Fig. 63). Carapace length to hemispermatophore body length ratio = 1:1.45 to 1:1.53. There was no variation between the four hemispermatophores examined.   
 Female. Holotype described by Lourenço (1994).   
 Variability. Fixed finger trichobothria (n = 16): six (37.5%) fingers with trichobothria in the order eb: esb: est / db: et: dt; six (37.5%) in the order eb: esb: db: est: et: dt, with db very slightly basal to est; four (25%) in the order eb: esb: est: db: et: dt, with est very slightly basal to db. Pectinal teeth count: 21 to 23 on females (n = 10; mode = 22); 23 to 24 on males (n = 6; mode = 24). Total body length (including telson): male 31–32 mm, female 29–36 mm.   
 Distribution. So far known from four localities in Caquetá Department (Fig. 1), probably widely distributed within this department’s limits.   
 Ecological notes. No information hitherto exists to date for this species.
description: Published as part of Botero-Trujillo, Ricardo & Flórez, Eduardo, 2011, A revisionary approach of Colombian Ananteris (Scorpiones, Buthidae): two new species, a new synonymy, and notes on the value of trichobothria and hemispermatophore for the taxonomy of the group, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 2904 (1) on pages 18-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2904.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5284774