A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Turkey

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Tropea G., YAĞMUR E. A., Koç H., Yeşilyurt F., Rossi A.

ZooKeys, vol.219, pp.63-80, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 219
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.3897/zookeys.219.3597
  • Journal Name: ZooKeys
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.63-80
  • Keywords: Scorpion, Euscorpius, new species, Turkey
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Manisa Celal Bayar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A new species of the genus Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 is described based on specimens collected from Dilek Peninsula (Davutlar, Aydin) in Turkey. It is characterized by an oligotrichous trichobothrial pattern (Pv= 7, et= 5/6, eb= 4) and small size. Euscorpius (Euscorpius) avcii sp. n. is the first named species of the subgenus Euscorpius from Turkey.