Hadruroides Pocock, 1893

Genus Hadruroides Pocock, 1893 View in CoL

Diagnosis for the genus. – Scorpions of small to medium size with a total length ranging from 29 to 58 mm in subgenus Lourencoides and from 58 to 80 mm in subgenus Hadruroides. Anterior margin of carapace slightly convex, with three pairs of lateral ocelli. Sternum subpentagonal with Y-shaped sulcus (Soleglad & Fet, 2003 b). Metasomal segment V with complete, granular ventrolateral and ventromedian carinae. Telson slightly concave dorsally, with short aculeus. Internal surface of cheliceral movable fingers with two subdistal teeth and one prominent basal tooth. Pedipalp chela acarinate, smooth and relatively slender in subgenus Lourencoides; robust and rounded with well-developed internomedian, dorsointernal and dorsal marginal carinae in subgenus Hadruroides. Pedipalp chela movable finger with 6 or 7 longitudinal series of granules and variable number of accessory denticles. Trichobothrial pattern of type C, neobothriotaxic (Vachon, 1974).

Composition of the genus Hadruroides (in order of description)

- H. (Lourencoides) lunatus (L. Koch, 1867) (Peru: Lima);

- H. (Lourencoides) maculatus (Thorell, 1876) (Ecuador: Guayas, Manabí, Santa Elena);

- H. (Hadruroides) charcasus (Karsch, 1879) (Peru: Lambayeque, Piura, Tumbes?);

- H. (Lourencoides) carinatus Pocock, 1900 (Peru: Cajamarca);

- H. (Lourencoides) leopardus Pocock, 1900 (Peru: Lambayeque);

- H. (Lourencoides) galapagoensis Maury, 1975 (Ecuador: Galápagos);

- H. (Lourencoides) aguilari Francke & Soleglad, 1980 (Peru: Lima);

- H. (Lourencoides) mauryi Francke & Soleglad, 1980 (Peru: Cusco);

- H. (Lourencoides) udvardyi Lourenço, 1995 (Ecuador: Azuay, Loja); - H. (Lourencoides) bustamantei Ochoa & Chaparro, 2008 (Peru: Ayacucho, Huancavelica);

- H. (Lourencoides) chinchaysuyu Ochoa & Prendini, 2010 (Peru: Tumbes); - H. (Lourencoides) geckoi Ochoa & Prendini, 2010 (Peru: Cajamarca);

- H. (Lourencoides) graceae Ochoa & Prendini, 2010 (Peru: Ancash); - H. (Lourencoides) juanchaparroi Ochoa & Prendini, 2010 (Peru: Ancash, Trujillo);

- H. (Lourencoides) tishqu Ochoa & Prendini, 2010 (Peru:Ancash: Isla Santa);

- H. (Lourencoides) vichayitos Ochoa & Prendini, 2010 (Peru: Piura); - H. (Lourencoides) adrianae Rossi, 2012 (Peru: Ica);

- H. (Lourencoides) lourencoi Rossi, 2012 (Peru: Junín);

- H. (Lourencoides) tongiorgii Rossi, 2012 (Peru: Junín);

- H. (Lourencoides) doriai Rossi, 2014 (Ecuador: El Oro);

- H. (Lourencoides) elenae Rossi, 2014 (Ecuador: Santa Elena);

- H. (Lourencoides) moreti Rossi, 2014 (Ecuador: Bolívar);

- H. (Lourencoides) inti Ythier, 2021 (Peru: Arequipa);

- H. (Hadruroides) pachamama Ythier, 2021 (Ecuador: Loja);

- H. (Lourencoides) apu sp. n. ( Peru: Apurimac).