Genus Centruroides Marx,1890

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Centruroides genus is composed of: |
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Centruroides alayoni Armas, 1999 |
Dominican Rep. |
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Centruroides anchorellus Armas,
1976 |
Cuba. |
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Centruroides arctimanus (Armas, 1976) |
Cuba. |
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Centruroides bani Armas & Marcano Fondeur,
1987 |
Dominican rep.. |
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Centruroides baracoae Armas,
1999 |
Cuba. |
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Centruroides barbudensis (Pocock,
1898) |
Lesser Antilles: (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
St. Barthélemy, St. Martin). |
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Centruroides bertholdii (Thorell,
1876) |
Mexico |
26-27. ??
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Adult 8 cm. long. Upperside of mesosoma uniformly fuscous or subferruginous,
tail a little paler towards the
extremity; legs and chelae also
uniformly coloured and paler than
mesosoma. Upperside of mesosoma thickly
granular, the granules not forming
definite series; the tergites with
short lateral crests. sternites smooth,
coriaceous laterally, the last
with four crenulated crest, and
very finely granular in front and
laterally, and with a large granule
on each side between the keels
and side margin. Tail very long
and narrow, with the surface very
finely coriaceous, all the keels
on segment I-IV normaly granulate;
segment V almost smooth, with the
superior edges widely rounded,
the keels at most represented by
very minute granules; vesicle ovato-cylindrate,
about twice as long as wide; a
slender conical subaculear tooth.
Chelae normally keeled, very finel
granular above; movable finger
with eight rows of teeth.
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Centruroides bicolor (Pocock,
1898) |
Costa
Rica , Panama. |
27- 28 25-28
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Carapace
and upperside of abdomen mostly
black, yellowish brown in parts,
the last tergite yellowish brown
wit black keels, sternites yellowish
brown, blackish on the margins
(and in the middle in the female);
tail darkening posteriorly, its
segments I-IV deep ochre yellow,
paler than the pale area of mesosoma,
the granules on the keels black,
the inferior keels more diffused
with black; segemnt V with its
sides and under surface blackish;
vesicle blackish, red above like
the upperside of the segment V;
chelicera infuscate; chela yellow
for the most part, a blackish spot
at the tip of the bachium, the
hand deep reddish brown with black
keels, fingers blackish with pale
tips; legs a rich yellow like the
humerus and brachium, with the
maxilary processes of first and
second pairs apiclly infuscate;
pectines pale. Carapace and tergites,
granular, as in C. gracilis;
sternites also as in that species,
III more thickly pitted
mesially, IV and V finely and closely
granular mesially as well as laterally,
II and III also very weakly granular
mesially. Tail and chela practically
as in C. gracilis. In the male
the caudal keels are smoother than
in C. gracilis, those on segment
V being almost entirely smooth,
and the vesicle is more globular
and more uniformely sloped on each
side of the aculeus.
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Centruroides chamulaensis Hoffmann,
1932 |
Mexico. |
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Centruroides chiapanensis Hoffmann,
1932 |
Mexico. |
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Centruroides elegans (Thorell,
1876) |
Mexico. |
23- 25 22- 23
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Adult
6 cm. long. Upperside of mesosoma
yellow , banded with black; carapace
with
black
margin, black ocular tubercle,
and four black lines, one each
side passing backwards and slightly
inwards from the lateral eyes to
the posterior border, and one one
each side close to the middle line
from the anterior border to the
ocular tubercle, thence backwards
on each side of the median groove
to the hinder border; Dorsal side
of abdomen with a pair of brad
black bands separated by a broad
median yellow band and from the
lateral border by another yellow
band, the yellow and black bands
approximately equal in widht; last
tergite not distincly banded; ventral
surface pale; tail, legs and chelae
quite pale or motled with black.
Chelae at most finely granular,
the crest with pearl-like granulation.
Pedipalp chela fixed finger with
eight primary
rows of denticles.
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Centruroides excilicauda (Wood,
1863) |
Mexico,
USA. |
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Centruroides exilimanus Teruel & Stockwell,
2002 |
Mexico,
USA. |
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Centruroides exsul (Meise,
1934) |
Ecuador,
Galapagos Islands, Panama?,
Peru?. |
21- 32 19- 24
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Smaller
species of centruroides, adults
4-5,5 cm. in length. Color uniformly
reddish yelow to reddidh brown,
lacking dorsal stripes on the mesosomal
tergites. Carapace, post-tergites,
and intercarinal spaces of metasoma
and pedipaps densely, coarsely
granular. Median carina of tergites
I-IV strong, granular, tergite
VII pentacarinate, all five keels
strong, crenulate to serrate. Sternite
VII tetracarinate, all keels moderate,
granular. Metasomal carinae on
I-IV moderate to strong, crenulate
to serrate; metasomal segment V
pentacarinate. telson vesicle irregularly
granular; subaculear tooth obsolete
to vestigial. Dorsal marginal,
dorsal digital, ventroexternal,
and dorso-internal carinae of pedipalp
chela strong, granulose; external
secondary carina vestigial, granulose
distally. Fixed finger with 7-8
oblique rows of granules; movable
finger with 7-8 such rows plus
a short apical row of 3-4 granules;
supernumerary granules present
in older instars. Cheliceral fixed
finger with one ventral nodule.
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Centruroides farri Armas,
1976 |
Jamaica. |
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Centruroides flavopictus (Pocock,
1898) |
Mexico.
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22 20-22
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Males
adults about 7 cm. long, and females
are up to 6 cm. long. Upperside
of mesosoma blackish or yellowish-brown,
the last tergite paler, the others
with a norrow median yellow stripe
or spot and a margin spot on each
side; tail reddish brown, deep
blackish brown beneath at its posterior
end, vesicle paler than segment
V; chela pale at base, humerus
and brachium, especially the brachium,
stained with brown; hands yellowish
red, much lighterin color than
the brachium; fingers black, much
blacker than the hand, with pale
tips. Legs yellow. Crapace and
tergites relatively finely granular,
the former without serial arrangement
of granules, the later without
a trace of lateral keels, except
on the plates V and VI; sternite
IV mesially carinae, V coriaceous,
finely granular laterally, the
keels granular or crenulate.Tail
moderately stout, segmen IV twice
as long as wide, vesicle granular,
with triangular subaculear tooth
close to base of aculeus. Chela
finely and closely granular or
coriaceous; normally keeled; hand
narrow.
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Centruroides fulvipes (Pocock,
1898) |
Mexico. |
?? 28-29
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Tructurally
ressembling C. nigrescens,
but totally different in color,
mesosoma brownish black above,
the last tergites paler than the
others; tail blackish posteriorly
and beneath, the upperside of I,
II and III segments reddish brown,
chela whith trochanter and humerus
yellow; brachium, hand, and base
of fingers blackish brown, nearly
the whole of the fingers deep brown;
legs and coxa reddish brown, maxillary
processes not infuscate.
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Centruroides gracilis (Latreille,
1804) |
Canary
Islands (introduced), Mexico, USA (Floride),
Antilles, Cuba, Guatemala,
Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador?,
Venezuela.
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30-36 25-30
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Scorpion
about 12 cm. long. Carapace and
tergites deep reddish brown, sternites
paler but clouded with rich brown;
tail yellowish brown, paler than
tergites, darker posteriorly and
beneath; legs ochre yellow; chela
rather
darker than the legs, the hand
redder than brachium, fingers nearly
black with yellow tips; chelicera
deep brown; coxa, sternum, pale.
Upperside of mesosoma studded with
coarse, shining, symmetrically
arranged tubercles, an area extending
obliquely forwards on each side
of the median eyes and the interstices
between the rows of coarse tubercles
finely granular; anterior portin
of tergites finely and closely
granular; vesicle weackly granular
below, slightly wider than high;
subaculear spine well developed,
triangular, its upper (anterior)
edge lightly convex, the distance
between it and the base of aculeus
exceeding the widht of the base
of the spine. Sternites shining,
II, III and IV coarsely punctured
in the middle, the last very finely
granular laterally, and furnished
with four keels. Chela shagreened,
the crest on humerus and brachium
closely granular; hand with one
complete weakly granular finger
keel, an incomplete keel close
to it on the outer side; fixed
finger with corresponding shallow
excavation, the movable with 9
rows of teeth.
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Centruroides griseus (C.
L. Koch, 1844) |
Virgin
Islands,
Puerto Rico. |
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Centruroides guanensis Franganillo,
1930 |
Bahamas,
Cuba, USA (Floride). |
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Centruroides hentzi (Banks,
1900) |
USA
(Alabama, Floride, Georgie). |
17-19 16-18
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Carpace
uniformly light mottled brown.
Dorsal surface of chelicera with
distinct brown reticulation. Pedipalp
chela fingers infuscate; pedipalp
segments with dusky marbling. Median
yellow stripe usually about half
as wide as black stripes. Metasomal
segments with entire ventral aspect
of metasomal segments infuscate
with pale spots marking positions
of setae. Legs moderately to heavily
infuscate. Telson broadest apically,
withe subtle "shoulders".
Telson ventrally with moderate,
crenulate
carina leading into subaculear
tubercle. Subaculear tooth large,
and angular.
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Centruroides hoffmanni Armas,
1996 |
Mexico
(Southeastern Oaxaca. southwestern Chiapas). |
21-24 20-22 |
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A medium sized Centruroides species
(36-58 mm, males are the shorter),
yellow or light yellow brown with distinctly
dusky marbling on carapace; tergites
I-VI with two dusky submedian bands.
Basal plate of pectines subsquare in
shape in the female, with a central pit.
Metasomal intercarinal space finely and
sparsely granular, dorsolateral carinae
I-IV, lateral supramedian carinae I-IV,
lateral inframedian carinae I, and ventrolateral
carinae I-IV strong, feebly serrate on
most part. Pedipalps including manus,
faintly marbled with pale brown. Telson
dark brown (sometime paler in some males),
contrasting with metasomal segments.
Vesicle globose, with subaculear tubercle
spinelike, well developed.
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Centruroides infamatus (C.L.
Koch, 1844) |
Mexico. |
21-22 17-18
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Small
scorpions, adults males
attain 5 cm. Color of the carapace
with the whole of its median area
deep brown, yellow only externally;
the brown tergitesl bands broad, about
twice as broad as the median yellow
stripe or rather broader, also
considerably broader than the lateral
pale band, each patch , moreover,
is complete and extends from the
anterior to the posterior of the
tergum; a narrow dark stripe on
the extreme edge of te carapace
and at least upon the anterior
half of the edge of the tergites;
the crest on the last sternum and
on the lower side of the tail lightly
infuscate; chelae, legs, and tail
uniformly pale. Closely ressembling
C. elegans in structure, but wit
the hand thinner, and a more distinct
subaculear tooth. Males
differ from the females in the
form of the tail, and hands a little
wider.
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Centruroides insalanus (Thorell,
1876) |
Jamaica. |
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Centruroides jaragua Armas,
1999 |
Dominican rep.. |
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Centruroides koesteri Kraepelin,
1912 |
Costa
Rica. |
22-26 21-25
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Adults
6,5 to 7,5 cm. long. Light yellow
or yellow-brown with diffuse dark-brown
tingeing on carapace, tergites
and metasomal carinae; metasomal
pretergites with moderately dense,
uniform, dark-brown bands submedially.
Carapace with superciliary crest
smooth to vestigially crenate.
Metasomal s segments I and II with
10 keels, lateral inframedians
on II incomplete, present on distal
on-half to one-third; II and IV
with eight keels each, lateral
inframedians obsolete; all metasomal
keels moderately strong, with distinct
large granules. Segment V 2,1 to
2,4 times longer than wide, in
adult males segemnt V shorter than
segment IV. Pedipalp chela somewhat
stut, with granulose carinae, digital
carina strong, manus lighter than
fingers; dentate margin of fixed
finger with eight primary rows
of denticles. Inner aspects of
pedipalp femur, tibia and chela
sparsely hirsute, almost bare.
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Centruroides limbatus (Pocock,
1898) |
Costa
Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua. |
19-27 18-26
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Polymorphic;
Adults medium to large, up to 11
cm long. Color variable, ranging
from an uniform dark brown to yellow,
with the ocular tubercle, margins
of the carapace and tergites, pedipalp
chela fingers, chelicera, metasomal
segment V and telson, and metasomal
carinae heavily infuscate, almost
black. Pedipalp chela slender;
digital carinae vestigial to obsolete;
fixed finger with nine imbricated
rows of primary denticles. Carapace,
tergites and carinae with variable
but usually sparse, granulation.
Metasomal segment V on male 3 to
3,5 times longer than wide. Males
differ from females with a body
slightly less granulose.
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Centruroides limpidus (Karsch,
1879) |
Mexico. |
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Centruroides luceorum Armas,
1999 |
Antilles
(Navassa islands). |
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Centruroides mahnerti Lourenço,
1983 |
Nicaragua. |
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Centruroides marcanoi Armas,
1981 |
Dominican rep.. |
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Centruroides margaritatus (Gervais,
1841) |
Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala,
Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Dominican Rep., El Salvador,
Venezuela.
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25-34 23-33
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Medium
to large scorpions, adults 6 to
10 cm. long. Color variable :
carapace, tergite I-IV, pedipalp
chela, metasomal segment V and
telson dark red-brown; carinae
and larger gramulation on body
dark red-brown to black; all other
regions yellow to yellow-brown.
Carapace and tergites with dense,
large granulation. Metasomal segment
V 3 to 3,5 times longer than wide
in males, slightly more than 2
times
longer than wide in females. Metasomal
carinae moderate to strong, granulose.
Pedipalps densely hirsute, particularly
internal aspect; all carinae moderate
to strong, granulose; Chela stout;
digital carinae strong. Pedipalp
chela fixed finger with eight primary
rows of denticles.
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Centruroides melanodactylus Teruel,
2002 |
Cuba. |
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Centruroides navarroi Teruel,
2002 |
Cuba. |
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Centruroides nigrescens (Pocock,
1898) |
Mexico. |
28-30 25-27
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Females
are about 8,5 cm., and males
up to 10,5 cm. long. Color alike
in both sexes, and differing from
that of all the species closely
related to C. gracilis in
bieng of an uniform blackish green
on
the upperside of mesosoma, the
tail, legs, and chela, the tarsus
only and the distal half of the
fingers being, however, pale; coxa
and sternal plates mesially yellowish
brown; pectines flavous. Upperside
of mesosoma coarsely and closely granular.
Sternites smooth and polished,
not coriaceous or granular, except
the V. Tail with al the keels coearsely
granular in the female, less so
in the male; vesicle in male of
the same shape as in C. nigrimanus;
in female the subacuelar tooth
aqually close to the base of aculeus.
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Centruroides nigrimanus (Pocock,
1898) |
Honduras,
Mexico. |
32-33 ??
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Scorpion
reaching 11 cm. long for the male.
Ressembling to the male C.
bicolor,
but more coarsely and closely granular
above, caudal segment V having
its crest very distinctly granular,
and its interstices also granular,
whereas in C. bicolor this
segment is almost entirely smooth
throughout;
vesicle very different in form
from of C. bicolor, being
strongly compressed antera-posteriorly,
flat behind, parallel-sized, and
laterally pited, the aculeus more
abruptly bent backwards from the
base, and the subaculear tooth
very close to its base, and with
its apex turned towards the aculeus,
the distance between the two being
less, or at least not greater,
than the basal width of the tooth.
Legs more coarsely granular externally
than in C. bicolor.
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Centruroides nigrovariatus (Pocock,
1898) |
Mexico. |
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Centruroides nitidus (Thorell,
1876) |
Haïti,
Puerto Rico, Dominican rep.. |
25 17-21
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Large
scorpions, adults 8 cm. long. Color
much as in C. elegans,
the tergites with a pair of black
bands as in that species; carapace
not banded nor mesially infuscate,
the lower side of the tail with
a broad, median, black band, sometimes
complete, sometimes failing on
the first and fifth, more rarely
on the fourth segment; chelae and
legs uniformly yellowish-brown,
but the fingers black, at least
in the basal half, where they are
much darker than the hand. Upperside
of mesosoma finely and closely granular,
studded with coarser granulation,
the tergites without lateral granular
crests.sternites as in C. elegans,
the third and the fourth finely
coriaceous, the fourth with scarcely
a trace of crests. Tail parallel-sided,
the side of segments IV more convex
than in C. elegans, vesicle
almost as high as wide, without
a spine beneath the aculeus. Chelae
finely granular, hand very broad,
fixed finger with
eight primary
rows of denticles.
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Centruroides noxius Hoffman,
1932 |
Mexico. |
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Centruroides ochraceus (Pocock,
1898) |
Mexico. |
27-28 27
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Medium
sized scorpions, males about 6,7
cm. long, and females are
up to 7 cm. long. Upperside
of mesosoma a deep uniform yellowish
brown; tail, legs, and chela
uniformly ochre yellow. Carapace
and tergites studded with coarse
granules, which are arranged
on the former in definite
serie and on the latter in
usual way, the lateral keels
being apparent on all but
the first and second tergites.
sternites smooth, III with only
a few coarse punctures, IV
with weak crest, V very finely
granular laterally, tthe
four keels smooth, the lateral
at most crenulate. Vesicle
slightly wider than high,
weakly granular, subaculear
tooth long, broad at base,
slender and pointed apiclly,
aculeus abruptly curved backwards
from its base. Chela at most
very finelygranular; upper
finger keels on hand strong
and smooth, inner finger
keel crenulate, rest of the
hand smooth, with only a
few weak granules on its
inner surface. Movable finger
with a strong basal lobe
and 8 rows of teeth.
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Centruroides orizaba Armas & Martin-Frias,
2003 |
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Centruroides pallidiceps Pocock,
1902 |
Mexico. |
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Centruroides platnicki Armas,
1981 |
Bahamas. |
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Centruroides pococki Sissom & Francke,
1983 |
Lesser Antilles (St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat,
Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, La Desiderade,
Marie Galante, Dominique).
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Centruroides rileyi Sissom,
1995 |
Mexico. |
14 11-13 |
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Base
color yellow to light yellow brown.
Carapace with distinct dusky marbling
concentrated mostly in median area.
Tergites with distinct, regular
pattern of blackish spots. Metasomal
segments I-IV light yellow, moderately
infuscate; V and telson more heavyly
infuscate, appearing draker than
preceding segments. Cheliceral
manus with strong dusky marbling.
Pedipalps and legs yellow, with
distinct dusky markings. Venter
uniformly yelowish anteriorly;
sternites lighty infascate. Carapace
moderately coarsely granular; anterior
median furrow moderately deep;
posterior median furrow shallow
anteriorly, deeper posteriorly;
carapacial carinae weak, indicated
by lines of small granules. Median
carina on tergites I-IV moderate,
granular; on V-VI moderate, granular
to crenulate. Vesicle elongtae
oval in shape with aculeus moderately
deflected downward; ventral aspect
with median longitudinal row of
small granules. Leading to subaculear
tubercle; subaculear tubercle narrow,
but angular in lateral view, its
point directed towards middle of
aculeus. Vetral aspect of vesicle
lightly granular. Fixed finger
with eight oblique rows of granules
flanked by supernumerary granules.
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Centruroides robertoi Armas,
1976 |
Cuba. |
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Centruroides schmidti Sissom,
1995 |
Guatemala
, Honduras, Mexico?. |
15 14-15
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Base
color light yellow brown above
with faint to moderate dusky marking
on
dorsum, chelicerae, pedipalps,
legs and sternites. Coloration
fairly
uniform exept as follows: coxosternal
region light yellow, pectines very
pale yellow, metasomal segment
V and telson dark orange to reddish
brown; cheliceral teeth and tip
of
aculeus dark reddish brown. Carapace
moderately coarsely granular; carapacial
carinae inconspiscous, incated
by lines of small granules. Mesosomal
median carinae on I-VI moderate,
granular. Tergite VII with moderate,
granular median keel and two pairs
moderate, finely serrated lateral
keels. Sternites III-VI essentially
smooth, with some fine granulation
on VI; VII with subledian and lateral
carinae moderate, finely serrate.
Vesicle elongate oval in shape
with gently rounded dorsal margin;
ventral aspect with row of small
granules leading to subaculear
tubercle; subaculear tubercle norrow,
but angular in lateral view, its
point directed towards middle of
aculeus. Fixed and movable finger
with eight oblique rows of granules,
these
flanked by supernumerary granules.
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Centruroides sissomi Armas,
1996 |
Mexico. |
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Centruroides stockwelli Teruel,
2002 |
Cuba. |
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Centruroides subgranosus (Kraepelin,
1898) |
Central America. |
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About
the same form and size as C.
elegans,
but nearly uniformly yellowish-brown,
there being at most indistinct
traces of a median and lateral
pale spot separated by a slightly
darker patch; Legs, tail, and chelae
uniformly yellowixh-brown. Granulatin
of mesosoma finer and closer than
in C. elegans, and, as
in that species, with lateral keels
traceable as a pair or more of
serially-arranged granules. sternites
as in C. elegans, but
the fourth with the keels less
well developed, but still traceable.
Subaculear tooth longer than in
C. elegans.
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Centruroides suffusus (Pocock,
1902) |
Mexico. |
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Centruroides testaceus (DeGeer,
1778) |
Lesser Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao),
Venezuela. |
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Centruroides thorellii (Kraepelin,
1891) |
Costa
Rica, Guatemala, Mexico. |
12-17 12-15
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Small
scorpions, adults males rarely
attain 5 cm. in length; Slender.
Base color yellow, with symmetrical
infuscate marbling producing an
overall speckled appearence. Metasomal
segment V and telson uniformly
infuscate. Chelicera weakly infuscate.
Pedipalp chela fixed finger with
eight primary
rows
of denticles. Chela thinner than
tibia, with weak digital carina.
Metasoma very long and slender
in adult male, segment I three
times longer than wide, segment
V at least five times longer than
wide. Females
differ from males by the coloration
more densely infuscate, the metasoma
not very elongate, telson vesicle
more bulbous and the length (4
cm).
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Centruroides underwoodi Armas,
1976 |
Jamaica. |
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Centruroides vittatus (Say,
1821) |
Mexico,
USA (Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois,
Louisiane, Missouri, Nebraska, Nouveau
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas).
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21-30 18-27
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Medium scorpions,
adults 4,5 to 6,5 cm. long. Color differing
from the Centruroides elegans in
that the carapace has a deep black
triangular patch in front of and
involving the eyes, and a pair
of irregular broad bands extending
from the ocular tubercle to the
posterior border, sometimes uniting
in the middle line, sometimes encroaching
on the lateral area of the carapace;
legs, chelae, lower side of tail,
and upperside of chelicera indistinctly
speckled or uniformly pale; lower
side of tail with traces a least
of a median band. Structurally
resembling to C. elegans, but the
subaculear tubercle much nearer
to the base of the aculeus. Males
differ from the females in the
form of the tail, this one is much
longer and thinner.
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Note: Considering
the nearly constant overlapping of the
number of the teeth of pecten, one will
base oneself for the identification of
the sexes, on the sexual dismorphism, the
males having the last metasomal segments
longer than the females.
The
Breeding
Note: Centruroides are
divided in two groups. Those which live
in the places heat and dryness (xeric),
and the others which live in moderate heat
and wet
medium (mesic).
Of course, it makes adapt the conditions
of breeding of the scorpion by taking account
of its origin.
Temperature:
Centruroides live
in tropical medium, require
a more constant temperature,
on average 24/25°C,
than the specimens living
in arid medium. For the
latter, one can go up until
35°C but with the proviso
of remaking well to fall
the temperature to 20/22°C
for the night. It is necessary
however to maintain to
the young people a good
30°C and that whatever
their origin, if one wants
to have a good growth of
the young people. It will
be noticed besides, that
the young people stop growing
and do not feed almost
more in the event of too
low temperature. It is
possible that certain tropical
species undergo during
the "Lent" a
food wintering.
Food:
The
crickets as well as the
young locusts make the
deal very well. One can
also test the cockroaches
of small and average
sizes with more or less
of success. For the very
young (stage 2),
it is possible to give drosophilas to
make them pass at the
higher stage and
from then being able,
to give them small crickets.
For some species,
in this family, in fact
frightening hunters can
catch preys as large
as them.
Terrarium:
Owing
to the great surface
of distribution, the
terrarium can be either
tropical, or desert.
In a general way, the
tropical species will
be maintained on a
substrate (peat or
ground) wet, with a
hygroscopy from 70
to 85%, with hiding-places
but also of the branches
or great pieces of
wood, because these
species are excellent
climbing ones and are
very often maintained
against the barks of
the trees. A feeding
trough is always advised
so that the adults
come to be refreshed.
For the species known
as desert, sand or
an argillaceous ground
is ideal like substrate.
The hygroscopy necessary
ranges between 25 and
45%, but that does
not prevent vaporizing
a corner of terrarium
or from filling a small
feeding trough from
time to time (on average
1 time per month).
One will have of the
stones or the barks
to be used as hiding-places.
Sociability:
One
can maintain Centruroides (several
couples) together without
too much damage. Of course
in the event of lack
of food, the cannibalism
takes again very quickly
the top, smallest will
make the expenses of
them. They should however
be maintained in a sufficiently
large vat and with enough
of hiding-places for
all. One can even put
together, of the different
species (but asking for
the same conditions of
breeding), such as for
example C gracilis and C
margaritatus. But
it is to better isolate
the young people in order
to make them grow separately,
then when they are sufficiently
large (stage 5), one
can give them together.
Note:
It's
necessary to give great
attention to this
kind of scorpions. Centruroides are
very fast scorpions,
which react to the least
air volume displacement.
Some of these species
(Centruroides noxius, C
infamatus) make
annually, some hundreds
of died in Mexico and
USA. So, they will
be reserved to experienced
and very careful scorpions's
breeders.
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Victor, Sissom, W. David, Lowe, Graeme & Braunwalder,
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