New species of Alloscorpiops from Laos and Thailand

Frantisek Kovarik and co-workers published last week a paper describing a new species of Alloscorpiops Vachon, 1980 (Euscorpiidae) from Thailand and Laos.

Alloscorpiops wongpromi Kovarik, Soleglad & Kosulic, 2013

An identification key to all species in the genus is presented.

Abstract:
Alloscorpiops wongpromi sp. n. from Thailand and Laos is described and compared with all other species of the genus Alloscorpiops Vachon, 1980. A key is presented to all species of the genus. A. wongpromi sp. n. is characterized mainly by a higher number of trichobothria on the patella, which has 33–37 external and 21–22 ventral trichobothria, and a dark-colored telson. The subgenus Laoscorpiops Lourenço, 2013 is synonymized with the nom-inotypical subgenus, because it was based on misinterpretation of the trichobothrial pattern, with two ventral accessory trichobothria on the chela regarded as part of the external Eb series.

Reference:
Kovarik F, Soleglad ME, Kosulic O. Alloscorpiops wongpromi sp. n. from Thailand and Laos (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae: Scorpiopinae). Euscorpius. 2013 (160):1-12. [Free full text]

Family Euscorpiidae