12 March, 2009

A new Scorpiops species from China

Di & Zhu (2009) has described a new species of Scorpiops (Euscorpiidae) from Xizang in China:

Scorpiops lhasa Di & Zhu, 2009 (Euscorpiidae)

This small Scorpiops were found under stones on steep hillsides.

Abstract:
Scorpiops lhasa sp. n., from China Xizang (Lhasa) is described. S. lhasa is small in size with respect to other species in the genus; external trichobothria on the patella number 17 (5 eb, 2 esb, 2 em, 4 est, 4 et) and ventral trichobothria on the patella number 10 (11 rarely); pedipalp fingers in both sexes are curved; chela narrow and elongated, the ratio between length and width is above 2.6.

Reference:
Di Z-Y, Zhu M-S. One new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae) from Xizang, China. Zootaxa. 2009(2030):39-48. [Subscription required for fulltext]

Family Euscorpiidae

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