Scorpiops tangae, Kovařík & Šťáhlavský & Stockmann, 2024

Kovařík, František, Šťáhlavský, František & Stockmann, Mark, 2024, Scorpiops tangae sp. n. (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from Laos, Euscorpius 399, pp. 1-15 : 4

Scorpiops tangae sp. n.

( Figures 1–45 , Table 1)

Figures

Figure 1. Holotype male of Scorpiops tangae sp. n. in vivo habitus.

Figures 2–3. Scorpiops tangae sp. n., male holotype in dorsal (2) and ventral (3) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 4–5: Scorpiops tangae sp. n., male holotype. Figure 4. Chelicera, carapace and tergites I–IV under white light. Figure 5. Coxosternal area and sternites under white light.

Figures 6–7: Scorpiops tangae sp. n., male holotype. Figure 6. Chelicera, carapace, tergites and part of right legs under UV fluorescence. Figure 7. Coxosternal area, sternites and part of right legs under UV fluorescence.

Figures 8–14: Scorpiops tangae sp. n., male holotype. Figure 8. Telson in lateral view under white light. Figures 9–11. Metasoma and telson lateral (9), ventral (10), and dorsal (11) views under white light. Figures 12–14. Metasoma and telson ventral (12), lateral (13), and dorsal (14) views under UV fluorescence. Scale bar: 10 mm (9–14).

Figures 15–23: Scorpiops tangae sp. n., male holotype, pedipalp. Figures 15–22. Pedipalp segments under white light, chela dorsal (15), external (16), ventral (17) views, patella dorsal (18), external (19), and ventral (20) views, femur and trochanter dorsal (21), and ventral (22) views. Figure 23. Movable finger dentition under UV fluorescence. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by white circles in Figures 15–21.

Figures 24–31. Scorpiops tangae sp. n., male holotype, pedipalp under UV fluorescence, chela dorsal (24), external (25), ventral (26) views, patella dorsal (27), external (28), and ventral (29) views, femur and trochanter dorsal (30), and ventral (31) views.

Figures 32–35. Scorpiops tangae sp. n., right legs I–IV in retrolateral aspect (respectively).

Figures 36–39. Scorpiops tangae sp. n., left hemispermatophore. Figure 36. Whole hemispermatophore. Figures 37–39. Capsule in posterior (37), antero-convex (38) and concave (39) views.Abbreviations:cls, crown-like structure; dl, distal lamina; dpl, distal posterior lobe; lh, lateral hook; t, trunk; tmsd, terminal membrane of sperm duct. Scale bar: 1 mm (Fig. 36).

Figures 40–43: The chromosomes of male holotype of Scorpiops tangae sp. n. (2n=105). (40) Spermatogonial metaphase, (41) pachytene, (42) metaphase II (n=53), the cell without large biarmed chromosome and (43) karyogram of analysed adult male based on postpachytene. Arrowheads show chromosomes in trivalent association; arrows show evident biarmed chromosomes in metaphase II. Scale bar: 10 μm.

Figures 44–45. Scorpiops tangae sp. n., type locality, habitat (44) and male holotype directly on the type locality (45).