Scorpion ID fm NE Peru!

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PAUL BOLLINGER

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Sold as Tityus silvestris, all are collected in NE peru...I see three species and possibly two Genera here...Pic 1 is Tityus silvestris but 2 and 3....I'm not sure...Can someone help?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
 
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3rd one possibly Tityus costatus??

not sure the first one is actual t.siverstris but all i can say is it's mature male.
2nd one looks like same species but immature or female..
sorry i wish i could help you more but i've never seen them in person. only through pictures.

whatever they are, those are really beutiful scorpions. i need to get some in my hand!!!
 
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Michiel

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Pic 1: Tityus bastosi (male) , pic 2: Tityus bastosi (female), pic 3: Tityus cf. silvestris, female. So, only one genus (Tityus) and two species, from the family Buthidae. The last species is most probably T.silvestris, as there are only a handfull of species from the subgenus Archaeotityus in that country.

These where imported from Peru in december 2009 and also recently again into the US and Germany.

PS. Be prepared to break open your piggy bank :D;)
 
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PAUL BOLLINGER

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Thanks for the ID's

I really enjoy the Tityus genera. Hope to see more species available on our market:) Thanks for all the replies.
Paul
 
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