Lychas srilankensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Lychas
Species:
L. srilankensis
Binomial name
Lychas srilankensis
Lourenço, 1997
Synonyms
  • Lychas ceylonensis Lourenço & Huber, 1999

Lychas srilankensis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.[1] It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Description

Total length is 38 to 65 mm. Body is spotted with yellow and brown. The fifth metasomal segment is darker in colour than that of other segments. Sternum type 1 is subpentagonal and horizontally compressed. Sixth row of granules on both movable and fixed fingers of pedipalp lack external and internal granules. Prosoma spotted and evenly granulated with round granules. Mesosoma with same round granulation. Lateral infra-median carinae of second and third metasomal segments are incomplete. Fingers and manus of pedipalps are light yellow and spotted. Manus of pedipalps is smooth, but without granules in females, whereas it is usually finely granulated in males. There are 21 to 25 pectinal teeth. Telson distinctly subacular in shape and reddish and black in color. Rhere are some tricobothrias present in telson.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Kovařík, František (2019-09-22). "Taxonomic reassessment of the genera Lychas, Mesobuthus, and Olivierus, with descriptions of four new genera (Scorpiones: Buthidae)". Euscorpius. 2019 (288): 1–27. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss288.1. S2CID 204158760. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  2. ↑ "A review of the genus Lychas". 7 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "One more new species of Lychas Koch, 1845 (Chelicerata, Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Sri Lanka" (PDF). Entomol. Mitt. zool. Mus. Hamburg 13(159): 23-27. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  4. ↑ "A first report on Lychas srilankensis (Lourenco, 1997) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Jaffna Peninsula, Northern part of Sri Lanka". Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(5): 1637-1642. Retrieved 2021-08-30.


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