The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae)
The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae)
Der Kaiser ist zurück! Entdeckung und Wiederbeschreibung des Holotyps von Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae)
Buthus imperator, Emperor Scorpion, lost type, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
Abstract
The holotype of the Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator (C.L. Koch, 1841) was long believed to have been lost. In 2015, as scientists at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart were digitizing its entomological collections, they rediscovered the specimen on which Koch had based his description of the scorpion in 1841.
Der Holotypus des Kaiserskorpions Pandinus imperator (C.L. Koch, 1841) galt lange Zeit als verschollen. Im Zuge der Sammlungsdigitalisierung am Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart wurde das Exemplar 2015 wiederentdeckt, das Koch für seine Beschreibung 1841 zur Verfügung stand.