Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . etae internally and externally;patellae I and II with sparse rows of setae internally, ventrally and externally;patellae III and IV with sparse rows of setae internally and externally; secondtarsomere of leg I to III with 10 external spine-like setae, 5 internal spine-likesetae, second tarsomere of leg IV with 8-9 external spine-like setae, 4 internalspine-like setae; dorsal process flush with lateral lobes. Operculum Subcordiform; cleft longitudinally with a pair of genital papillae belowthe operculum. Pectines 13-14
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . etae internally and externally;patellae I and II with sparse rows of setae internally, ventrally and externally;patellae III and IV with sparse rows of setae internally and externally; secondtarsomere of leg I to III with 10 external spine-like setae, 5 internal spine-likesetae, second tarsomere of leg IV with 8-9 external spine-like setae, 4 internalspine-like setae; dorsal process flush with lateral lobes. Operculum Subcordiform; cleft longitudinally with a pair of genital papillae belowthe operculum. Pectines 13-14 teeth. TOPONEOTYPE FEMALE (Fig. 2) Measurements are given in Table 1. Colour As in neotype male, except last sternite darker. Sternites All segments smooth and polished, except the last which is sparsely andfinely granular. Legs The second tarsomere with 9-10 external spine-like setae; 5 internal spine-like setae. Ventral rows of setae on patella of legs III to IV absent. Operculum Subcordiform; fused medially. Pectines 10-11 teeth. 216 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 2. Opisthophthalmus capensis (Herbst).Dorsal view of toponeotype female. TOPONEOTYPE MALES Measurements are given in Table 1. Pectines 13-16 teeth. NEOTYPE MATERIAL Neotype male Cape Town (34°5S 18°25E), June 1975, E. Eastwood legit, SAM-C2/1,deposited at the South African Museum. Toponeotypes 1 $: Table View, Cape Town, June 1975, Van den Heever legit, SAM-C35,deposited at the South African Museum. 3 3$: data as for neotype (SAM-C2/2, C2/3, C2/4). 1 specimen depositedat the South African Museum; 1 specimen at the Natal Museum; 1 specimenat the Zoologisches Museum, Berlin, DDR. NOTES ON TRICHOBOTHRIOTAXY AS A DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTER Vachon (1973) proposed a system of nomenclature for trichobothria onthe pedipalpal segments, and made a study of their arrangement in several NOTES ON THE SCORPION FAUNA OF THE CAPE 217 families and genera. In a study of the genus Euscorpius Thorell (Chactidae)Vachon (1975) po
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