NOTES ON THE TAXONOMY OF SOME OLD-WORLD SCORPIONS (SCORPIONES, BUTHIDAE, CHACTIDAE, ISCHNURIDAE, SCORPIONIDAE)

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 .