V. Fet, NOTES ON THE TAXONOMY OF SOME OLD-WORLD SCORPIONS (SCORPIONES, BUTHIDAE, CHACTIDAE, ISCHNURIDAE, SCORPIONIDAE), The Journal of arachnology, 25(3), 1997, pp. 245-250
The following new synonymies are found among the scorpions of the Old
World: Buthoscorpio Werner 1936 = Pocockius Francke 1985, NEW SYNONYMY
; Androctonus (Leiurus) quinquestriatus Ehrenberg 1828 = Androctonus (
Liurus) quinquestriatus aculeatus Ehrenberg 1831, NEW SYNONYMY; Euscor
pius mingrelicus gamma (Caporiacco 1950) (in part), NEW COMBINATION =
Euscorpius mingrelicus caprai Bonacina 1980, NEW SYNONYMY. The followi
ng new homonymies are published: Buthus (Honentotta) hebraeus Werner 1
935, NEW HOMONYMY; Buthus acutecarinatus judaicus Birula 1905, NEW HOM
ONYMY; Euscorpius germanus polytrichus Hadzi 1929, NEW HOMONYMY; Eusco
rpius germanus oligotrichus Hadzi 1929, NEW HOMONYMY; Euscorpius carpa
thicus oligotrichus Hadzi 1929, NEW HOMONYMY; Scorpio maurus subtypicu
s Birula 1910, NEW HOMONYMY. The following new replacement names are i
ntroduced to replace junior homonyms: Androctonus amoreuxii levyi Fet,
NOMEN NOVUM = Buthus (Hottentotta) hebraeus Werner 1935, NEW SYNONYMY
; Lychas marmoreus lucienkochi Fet, NOMEN NOVUM = Lychas marmoreus obs
curus Kraepelin 1916, NEW SYNONYMY; Uroplectes fischeri caporiaccoi Fe
t, NOMEN NOVUM = Uroplectes fischeri intermedius Caporiacco 1941, NEW
SYNONYMY; Hadogenes trichiurus werneri Fet, NOMEN NOVUM = Hadogenes tr
ichiurus paucidens Werner 1939, NEW SYNONYMY; Scorpio maurus birulai F
et, NOMEN NOVUM = Scorpio maurus subtypicus Birula 1910, NEW SYNONYMY.
Type species are designated for Pilumnus C.L. Koch 1837, Repucha as p
roposed by Francke (1985), and two subgenera of Pandinus Thorell as pr
oposed by Vachon (1974). An incorrect original spelling Trichobuthus g
rubleri Vachon 1941 is corrected to T. guebleri (a junior synonym of B
uthiscus bicalcaratus Birula 1905). The correct date of the descriptio
n for Pectinibuthus Fet is 1984, but not 1987. The name Euscorpius car
pathicus mesotrichus Hadzi 1929 is a junior homonym and cannot be used
.