中国宠物商店出售的2种越南异蝎  

Two Species of the Genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg,1828 (Scorpionidae) from South Vietnamsold in Pet Shops in China

作　　者：朱明生[1] 杨啸风[1] 

机构地区：[1]河北大学生命科学学院,保定071002

出　　处：《蛛形学报》2007年第2期92-103,共12页Acta Arachnologica Sinica

基　　金：grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(3067025);the Doctor Program Foundation of Chinese Ministry of Education(20050075002)

摘　　要：本文研究了中国宠物商店出售的产自越南南部的2种异蝎,其中1种鉴定为彼得异蝎Heterometrus petersii(Thorell,1876),另外1种系新种,命名为梁氏异蝎Heterometrus liangisp.nov.Two species of the genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg （Scorpionidae） from South Vietnam sold in pet shops in China are studied. One is identified as Heterometrus petersii （Thorell, 1876）, while the other one are described as new species, named Heterometrus liangi sp. nov.. Introduction In the recent past years, big dark scorpions are being sold as pets in Chinese shops. These are called by a series of names such as ＂Tropic forest scorpion＂, ＂Red forest scorpion＂, ＂Malaysia forest scorpion＂ and ＂Asian forest scorpion＂. In addition, scorpions are also sold on Chinese websites, which use more scientific names, such as Heterometrus spinifer, Heterometrus fastigiosus,Centruroides limpidus, Heterometrus fastigiosus and Heterometrus sp. These scorpions were claimed to be collected from the South of China. The genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg now comprises 33 species distributed in Southeast Asia, India and Tibet, China （for detail, see Couzijn, 1981; Kovank, 2004; Lourenco, Qi ＆ Zhu, 2005）. In China, 3 species of genus Heterometrus were reported： Heterometru, s petersii （Thorell, 1876）, Heterometrus longimanus （Herbst, 1800） and Heterometrus tibetanus Lourenco; Qi ＆ Zhu, 2005. Couzijn（ 1983 ）referred to the enigmatic distribution ofHeterometrus petersii on the island of Hainan, China. Kishida （1936） mentioned Heterometrus longimanus distributed in the Southwest of China, without any detailed information about the locality. The senior author rigorously investigated Hainan Island in 2004 and in 2006 the regions near the Vietnam-China national boundaries from Pingxiang City to Dongxing City in Guangxi Province, but found no scorpions. Therefore, the presence ofHeterometrus petersii in China remains questionable. Four species of the genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg were recorded in Vietnam（Couzijn ） 1981, Le Xuan et al., 1998, Kovarik 2004）： Heterometrus cimrraani Kovarik 2004, Heterometras laoticus Couzijn, 1981, Heterometrus petersii and Heterometrus spinifer （Ehrenberg 182

关 键 词：新种 宠物蝎 越南南部 中国 分类学 

分 类 号：Q959[生物学—动物学]