Reddyanus is a genus of buthid scorpions native to Oriental region from India, Sri Lanka, China: Tibet, to Melanesia.[1] The genus was previously described as a subgenus of Isometrus.[2][3][4][5]

Reddyanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Reddyanus
Vachon, 1972
Type species
Isometrus acanthurus
Pocock, 1899
Diversity
33 species
Synonyms
  • Isometrus (Reddyanus) Vachon, 1972
  • Isometrus (Raddyanus [sic]) Tikader & Bastawade, 1983

Description

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They are medium sized buthid scorpions, where the adults range from 19 to 75 mm in length. Sternum type 1 is triangular in shape. Pedipalps are orthobothriotaxic. They have three to five pairs of lateral eyes. Tibial spurs are absent on all legs. Pedipalp movable finger consists with six rows of granules. Cheliceral fixed finger is with a single ventral denticle. Third and fourth legs consists with tibial spurs. Tibia and tarsomeres of legs I to III with setae are not arranged into bristle combs dorsally. Mesosoma has one median carina dorsally. Telson consists with subaculear tooth which is pointed or rounded. Males have longer metasomal segments and a wider pedipalp chela manus than females.[6]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Vachon, Max (1982). "Les scorpions de Sri Lanka (Recherches sur les scorpions appartenant ou déposés au Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève III)". Revue suisse de zoologie. 89: 77–114. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.82431. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  2. ^ Kovařík, František; Šťáhlavský, František (2019-12-07). "Revision of the genus Reddyanus from Southeast Asia, with description of five new species from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (Scorpiones: Buthidae)". Euscorpius. 2019 (295): 1–45. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss295.1. S2CID 214363192. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ^ Kovařík, František (2015-12-08). "A review of the genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with descriptions of four new species from Asia and Australia". Euscorpius. 2003 (10): 1–19. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss10.1. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  4. ^ Lourenço, Wilson R.; Duhem, Bernard (2010-08-01). "Buthid scorpions found in caves; a new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from southern Vietnam" (PDF). Comptes Rendus Biologies. 333 (8): 631–636. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.05.005. PMID 20688284. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  5. ^ Lowe, Graeme; Kovařík, František (2019). "Review of Grosphus Simon, 1880, with description of Teruelius gen. n., a new buthid genus from Madagascar (Scorpiones: Buthidae)". Euscorpius. 2019 (281): 1–128. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss281.1. S2CID 182126703.
  6. ^ Charles University; Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Monell Chemical Senses Center; Ranawana, Kithsiri B.; University of Peradeniya; Hoferek, David; Jayarathne, V. A. Sanjeewa; University of Peradeniya (2016). "Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n". Euscorpius. 2016 (220): 1–133. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1. Retrieved 2021-08-29.