Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980

K, František, 2012, Euscorpiops thaomischi sp. n. from Vietnam and a key to species of the genus (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae: Scorpiopinae), Euscorpius 142, pp. 1-8 : 1

Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980

( Figs. 1–22 )

Scorpiops Kraepelin, 1899: 179 (in part); Sissom, 1990: 114 (in part); Kovařík, 2000: 164 (in part); Kovařík, 2001: 85 (in part).

Scorpiops (Euscorpiops) Vachon, 1980: 155 (in part); Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 452 (in part); Bastawade, 1997: 104 (in part).

Euscorpiops: Stockwell, 1989: 120 (in part; unpublished); Kovařík, 1998: 141 (in part); Lourenço, 1998: 246 (in part); Fet, 2000: 488 (in part); Soleglad & Sissom, 2001: 93; Kovařík, 2004: 13, 17; Kovařík, 2005: 1; Qi et al., 2005: 14; Kovařík, 2009: 32.

Type species: Scorpiops asthenurus Pocock, 1900

DIAGNOSIS. Ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger with 5–7 denticles. Three pairs of lateral eyes and 17–21 external trichobothria on pedipalp patella. Ventral surface of patella bears 6–18 trichobothria. Ventral surface of manus bears 4 trichobothria, of which V 4 is always situated on ventral aspect of chela. Trichobothrium Eb3 on external surface of chela is located between trichobothria Dt and Est.

Figures

Figures 1–6: Euscorpiops thaomischi sp. n. 1–3. Male paratype, dorsal and ventral views, and chela external. 4–6. Female allotype, dorsal and ventral views, and chela external.

Figures. 7–12: Euscorpiops thaomischi sp. n., female allotype, trichobothrial pattern. 7. Chela dorsal. 8. Chela external. 9. Chela ventral. 10. Patella dorsal. 11. Patella external. 12. Patella ventral.

Figures 13–16: Type locality of Euscorpiops thaomischi sp. n. The types were found in rock fissures shown in 13 and 14. Photos Michael Misch.

Figures 17–22: Chela external of Euscorpiops species. 17. E. beccaloniae Kovařík, 2005, male holotype. 18. E. kubani Kovařík, 2004, male paratype. 19–20. E. asthenurus (Pocock, 1900), India, Meghalaya State, Nong Poh env., FKCP (author‘s collection). 19. Male. 20. Female. 21–22. E. longimanus (Pocock, 1893), India, Assam State, 50 km E of Tezpur, 1800 m a.s.l., FKCP. 21. Male. 22. Female.