On the African whip scorpion, Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899) (Thelyphonida, Thelyphonidae), with a redescription based on new material from Guinea-Bissau and Senegal

Title Variants

Alternative: Redescription of Etienneus africanus

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3658

By

Huff, Jeremy C.

Prendini, Lorenzo

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c2009

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Caption title.

"August 28, 2009."

An illustrated redescription of the monotypic African whip scorpion, Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899), is provided based on examination of material newly collected in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, as well as material from the Gambia, Guinea and Senegal studied by previous workers. The species is reported for the first time from Guinea-Bissau. Several character systems are documented in this species for the first time, new characters that appear to be autapomorphic are described, and notes on its natural history provided. The phylogenetic position of E. africanus is discussed, supporting the opinion that it is a Gondwana relict, most closely related to the Neotropical hypoctonine genera, Thelyphonellus Pocock, 1894 and Ravilops Viquez and Armas, 2005.

Subjects

Arachnida , Classification , Etienneus africanus , Gambia , Guinea-Bissau , Phylogeny , Senegal , Thelyphonidae , Whip scorpions

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3658 2009

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 435532517