Image 1. Distribution of Liocheles nigripes in Andhra Pradesh.
Images 2 & 3. Liocheles nigripes (live) female (BNHS SC 35
& 36)
2 - Lateral aspect; 3 - Dorsal
aspect (scale 5mm)
Image 4. Liocheles nigripes. Ventral aspect of tarsomere II of right leg IV,
showing ventral submedian
setae lacking row of small midventral spinules. (scale 1mm)
Table 1. Checklist of
scorpions of Andhra Pradesh:
|
Species Checklist |
Reference |
|
Buthidae |
|
|
Buthoscorpio sarassinorum (Karsch, 1891) |
Rao et al. 2005 |
|
Charmus indicus Hirst, 1915 |
Tikader & Bastawade 1983 |
|
Hottentotta stockwelli Kovař’k, 2004 |
Kovař’k 2007 |
|
Hottentotta rugiscutis (Pocock, 1897) |
Kovař’k 2007 |
|
Hottentotta tamulus (Fabricius, 1798) |
Kovař’k 2007, Rao et al. 2005 |
|
Isometrus thurstoni Pocock, 1893 |
Kovař’k 2003 |
|
Isometrus khammamensis Kovař’k, 2003 |
Kovař’k 2003 |
|
Isometrus corbeti Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 |
Rao et al. 2005 |
|
Isometrus vittatus Pocock, 1900 |
Rao et al. 2005 |
|
Lychas tricarinatus Simon, 1884 |
Kovař’k 1997, Rao et al. 2005 |
|
Lychas scaber Pocock, 1893 |
Kovař’k 1997 |
|
Hemiscorpiidae |
|
|
Iomachus nitidus Pocock, 1900 |
Tikader & Bastawade 1983 |
|
Liocheles nigripes Pocock, 1897 |
This publication |
|
Scorpionidae |
|
|
Heterometrus
fulvipes (C. L. Koch, 1837) |
Kovař’k 2004 |
|
Heterometrus madraspatensis Pocock, 1900 |
Kovař’k 2004, Rao et al. 2005 |
|
Heterometrus swammerdami Simon, 1872 |
Kovař’k
2004, Rao et al. 2005 |
|
Heterometrus tristis (Henderson 1919) |
Kovař’k 2004 |
|
Heterometrus wroughtoni (Pocock 1899) |
Kovař’k 2004 |
Table 2. Morphometry of female
Liocheles nigripes from Andhra Pradesh (measurements in mm):
|
Parameters |
BNHS SC 35 |
BNHS SC 36 |
|
Carapace Length Carapace Anterior Width Carapace Posterior Width |
6.65 3.87 6.11 |
7.19 4.28 6.89 |
|
Mesosoma Length |
16.08 |
16.15 |
|
Metasoma Length |
13.01 |
14.25 |
|
Metasomal Segment I Length Width |
1.94 1.54 |
2.31 1.62 |
|
Metasomal Segment II Length Width |
2.23 1.33 |
2.52 1.42 |
|
Metasomal Segment III Length Width |
2.49 1.31 |
2.54 1.52 |
|
Metasomal Segment IV Length Width |
3.11 1.33 |
3.24 1.41 |
|
Metasomal Segment V Length Width |
3.24 1.24 |
3.64 1.29 |
|
Telson Length |
3.48 |
3.87 |
|
Aculeus Length |
1.10 |
1.11 |
|
Pedipalp Total Length |
23.75 |
26.19 |
|
Pedipalp femur Length Width |
5.50 2.58 |
6.17 2.77 |
|
Pedipalp Patella Length Width (max.) |
6.21 3.77 |
6.37 4.22 |
|
Pedipalp Chelae Length Width |
12.04 4.36 |
13.65 4.82 |
|
Movable Finger Length |
5.64 |
6.25 |
|
Pectinal Teeth L/R |
6/6 |
6/6 |