Euscorpius erymanthius Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, 2013

Tropea, Gioele, Fet, Victor, Parmakelis, Aristeidis, Kotsakiozi, Panayiota & Stathi, Iasmi, 2013, A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 from Peloponnese, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), Euscorpius 169 (169), pp. 1-11 : 4-5

Euscorpius erymanthius Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis ,

Kotsakiozi et Stathi, sp. n.

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Type material. Holotype: ♂, Greece, Peloponnese, Erymanthos Mts. , maquis, 850 m, 38°00'N, 21°55'E, EA11, 5 August 1996, leg. Y. Anastasiou ( NHMC 1927 , Eus57).

Paratypes: Greece, Peloponnese, Erymanthos Mts. , maquis, 850 m, 38°00'N, 21°55'E, leg. Y. Anastasiou; EA9 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 3 ♂ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 46); EA5 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 3 ♂ ( NHMC1927 , Eus 47); EB9L , 4 October 1996 – 11 January 1997, 1 ♀ ( NHMC 1928 , Eus 48); EB8L , 4 October 1996 – 11 January 1997, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( NHMC 1928 , Eus 49); EA10 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 3 ♂ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 50); EA13 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 4 ♂ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 51); EA8 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 52); EA6 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 2 ♂ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 53); EA3 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 7 ♂ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 56); EA4 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 1 ♀ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 58) , 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( NHMW 21.951 ) , 2 ♂ ( FKCP); EB10 L , 4 October 1996 – 11 January 1997, 4 ♂ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 55); EB10L , 4 October 1996 – 11 January 1997, 1 ♂ ( NHMC 1928 , Eus 60); EA11 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 7 ♂ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 57); EA12 , 5 August – 28 October 1996, 8 ♂ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 59); EA9 , 5 August 1996, 2 ♂ ( NHMC 1927 , Eus 54) , 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ( GTC) , 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MSNB) .

Geographic Distribution: Greece: Peloponnese,

Erymanthos Mts. (see map in Fig. 15).

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to Latin name of the type locality, Erymanthos Mts.

Diagnosis: A small Euscorpius species , total length 20.0– 24.5 mm (average length 22 mm). Color of adults light brown-reddish, carapace and pedipalps may be darker reddish. More or less expressed reticulations or marbling on carapace, metasoma and chelicerae is often present. The number of trichobothria on the pedipalp manus ventral surface is 4 (V 1-3 + Et 1); the number of ventral trichobothria on the pedipalp patella is usually 9 (9 in 76.61% and 8 in 21.77% of pedipalps examined); the number of external trichobothria on pedipalp patella is: eb = 4, eba = 4, esb = 2, em = 4, est = 4, et = 6/7 (series et = 6 in 69.35 % and et = 7 in 30.65 % of pedipalps examined). The pectinal teeth count is usually 8 in males (8 in 78.70% and 7 in 12.96% of pectines examined) and 7 in females (7 in 76.92 % and 8 in 15.38 % of pectines examined). The telson vesicle in males is more swollen than in females: average L/H ratio of the vesicle is 1.81 in males and 1.97 in females. Chela with a strong notch on fixed finger and scalloping of the movable finger in adult males, obsolete in females; Lchel/Wchel ratio is 2.45 in males and 2.59 in females. Dorsal patellar spur medium developed. Femur usually shorter than patella or as long as it; Lfem/Lpat ratio is 0.98. Average ratio Lcar/Wcar is 1.004; average distance from center of median eyes to anterior margin of the carapace is 41.49 % of the carapace length in males and 39.67 % in females. Average distance from center of median eyes to posterior margin of the carapace is 58.51 % of the carapace length in males and 60.33 % in females. Average ratio of Lmet/Lcar is 2.44 in males and 2.20 in females.