Euscorpius flavicaudis (DeGeer, 1778)

Colombo, Marco, 2006, New data on distribution and ecology of seven species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), Euscorpius 36 (36), pp. 1-40 : 34-36

Euscorpius flavicaudis (DeGeer, 1778)

( Figs. 25–28 , Table 9)

Euscorpius flavicaudis is one of the four “old” species (already discussed by Fanzago, 1872), which in the recent years has not been part of any important taxonomic changes; none of the subspecies listed by Caporiacco (1950) was elevated to species status. It is characterized by a typical Western Mediterranean chorotype ( Crucitti, 1993), and it is found in northern Africa ( Algeria, Tunisia) and southern Europe (southern France and Corsica, Italy and southern Spain, including Balearic Islands); it was introduced to northern Europe ( Great Britain) and southern America ( Uruguay) (Fet & Sissom, 2000). In Italy, it is recorded from the entire Tyrrhenian

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Figures

Figure 25: Euscorpius (Tetratrichobothrius) flavicaudis, subadult female, Castelfalfi (Tuscany, Italy) (photo by Giorgio Colombo).

Figure 26: Old abandoned buildings, as this one photographed in Castelfalfi (Firenze, Tuscany), are favorable environments for E. flavicaudis (photo by Marco Colombo).

Figure 27: E. flavicaudis collecting sites. Northwestern Sardinia (Italy): 1. Cala della Barca; 2. Maristella; 3. Olmedo; 4. Monteleone Roccadoria; 5. Sedini; 6. Chiaramonti; 7. Martis; 8. Ittiri.

Figure 28: E. flavicaudis collecting sites. Liguria, Tuscany (Italy) and Var (France): 1. Fayence; 2. Mont Faron; 3. Andora Castello; 4. Toirano; 5. Finale Ligure; 6. Levigliani; 7. Castelfalfi.