Abstract
The female of the scorpion Diplocentrus lachua Armas, Trujillo & Agreda, 2011 is herein described, on the basis of a single specimen collected at Parque Nacional Laguna Lachuá, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala, type locality for this species. An emended diagnosis is provided and the known distribution of all described Guatemalan Diplocentrus species is graphically presented.
Highlights
Methods and MaterialThe scorpion fauna of Guatemala currently contains eight species in the genus Diplocentrus Peters, 1861, which represents 42% of all the known scorpion species for this Central American country
Pedipalp patella and chela manus markedly reticulated, primarily on dorsal, external and ventral surfaces
Its closest relative seems to be D. maya, from which it differs by having: (1) darker pattern, with reticulate chelicerae; (2) trichobothrium Dt on the fixed finger; (3) distance between trichobothria Et5 and Dt is 1.2 times the distance that exists between trichobothria Dt and eb; (4) subaculear tubercle most conical and sharp that in D. maya; and (5) male pedipalp femur most granulose
Summary
Methods and MaterialThe scorpion fauna of Guatemala currently contains eight species in the genus Diplocentrus Peters, 1861, which represents 42% of all the known scorpion species for this Central American country. Diplocentrus lachua Armas, Trujillo & Agreda, 2011 (Figures 1–8, Table 1)
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