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

Authors: Tropea, Gioele Country: Turkey DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.219.3597 Published: Jan. 1, 2012 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Scorpion · Topics: Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, Biochemical and Structural Characterization, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

A new species of the genus Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 is described based on specimens collected from Dilek Peninsula (Davutlar, Aydın) 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.

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