Tityus (Archaeotityus) Lourenco 2006
Creators: name: Moreno-González, Jairo A.
name: O, Ranulfo González
name: D, Eduardo Flórez
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Tityus

description: Identification key to the Colombian species of Tityus (Archaeotityus)
1. Subaculear tubercle large-sized pyramidal, and crest-like, with a blunt apex in lateral view (Figures 19A, C, E, 20A, C, E); metasomal segment V with three pairs of VSM macrosetae (VSM1, VSM2 and VSM3) (Figures 17A, C, E, 18A, C, E).... 2
1’. Subaculear tubercle medium-sized pyramidal, and triangle-like, with an acute and coarse apex in lateral view (Figures 19B, D, 20B, D); metasomal segment V with two pairs (VSM1 and VSM3) (Figures 17D, 18D) or three pairs (VSM1, VSM2 and VSM3) of VSM macrosetae (Figures 17B, 18B)............................................................. 4
2. Metasomal segments II–IV without conspicuous distoterminal granules on the DL carinae (Figure 40C, D); metasomal segment V with the VSM2 macrosetae proximal to the level of the VL2 macrosetae (Figures 17E, 18E).............. Tityus tayrona
2’. Metasomal segments II–IV each has a conspicous distoterminal granule on the DL carinae (Figures 15A, C, 28A, B); metasomal segment V with the VSM2 macrosetae slightly distal or at the same level of the VL2 macrosetae (Figures 17A, C, 18A, C)................................................................................................. 3
3. General coloration pattern with a dark yellow background moderately covered with dark brown spots (Figure 24); metasomal segment V completely dark reddish-brown with a few ventral yellow spots and a dorsomedian area without spots (Figure 6 C–F); metasomal segments with an acute and small (II–III) or a coarse and blunt (IV) distoterminal granule on the DL carinae (Figures 15C, 28A, B)................................................................. Tityus guane sp. nov.
3’. General coloration pattern with a dark yellow background densely covered with dark reddish-brown spots (Figure 4); metasomal segment V completely black (Figure 6A, D); metasomal segments II–IV each has a medium-sized acute distoterminal granule on the DL carinae (Figures 15A, 16A, B).................................................. Tityus bastosi
4. Metasomal segments with an acute and small (II–III) or a blunt and coarse (IV) distoterminal granule on the DL carinae (Figures 15B, 16C, D); metasomal segment V with the VSM2 macrosetae slightly distal or at the same level of VL2 (Figures 17B, 18B); telson VM carina composed of coarse granules and strongly crenulate in lateral view (Figures 19B, 20B)................................................................................................. Tityus columbianus
4’. Metasomal segments II–IV without conspicuous distoterminal granules on the DL carinae (Figures 39A. 40A, B); metasomal segment V without the VSM2 macrosetae (Figures 17D, 18D); telson VM carina composed of fine granules and feebly crenulate in lateral view (Figures 19D, 20D)......................................................... Tityus parvulus
description: Published as part of Moreno-González, Jairo A., O, Ranulfo González & D, Eduardo Flórez, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the Colombian Tityus (Archaeotityus) (Scorpiones, Buthidae) species: a morphological and morphometric approach, with a description of a new species, pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 4660 (1) on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4660.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3377134