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

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YAĞMUR E. A., Tropea G.

ZooKeys, vol.281, pp.91-105, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 281
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.3897/zookeys.281.4732
  • Journal Name: ZooKeys
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.91-105
  • 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 Bursa Province, in Marmara Region of Turkey. It is characterized by a mesotrichous trichobothrial pattern (Pv= 8, et= 6, em=4, eb= 4), medium size and light coloration. Euscorpius (Euscorpius) rahsenae sp. n. is the second species of the subgenus Euscorpius recognized in Turkey. © Ersen Aydi{dotless}n Yaǧmur, Gioele Tropea.