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

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Euscorpiops: Stockwell, 1989: 120 (in part; unpublished); Kovařík, 1998: 141 (in part); Lourenço, 1998: 246 (in part); Fet, 2000: 488 (in part); Soleglad & Sissom, 2001: 93; Kovařík, 2004: 13, 17; Kovařík, 2005: 1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

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FET, V. 2000. Family Scorpiopidae Kraepelin, 1905, pp. 487 - 502 in: Fet, V., W. D. Sissom, G. Lowe & M. E. Braunwalder. Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758 - 1998). The New York Entomological Society, New York, 689 pp.

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KOVARIK, F. 2001. Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758 - 1998) by V. Fet, W. D. Sissom, G. Lowe, and M. Braunwalder (New York Entomological Society, 2000: pp. 690). Discussion and supplement for 1999 and part of 2000. Serket, 7 (3): 78 - 93.

KOVARIK, F. 2004. Euscorpiops kubani sp. nov. from Laos (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno), 89: 13 - 18.

KOVARIK, F. 2005. Three new species of the genera Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 and Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Asia (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae). Euscorpius, 27: 1 - 10.

KOVARIK, F. 2009. Illustrated catalog of scorpions. Part I. Introductory remarks; keys to families and genera; subfamily Scorpioninae with keys to Heterometrus and Pandinus species. Clairon Production, Prague, 170 pp.

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LOURENCO, W. R. 1998. Designation of the scorpion subfamily Scorpiopsinae Kraepelin, 1905 as family Scorpiopsidae Kraepelin, 1905 (stat. nov.): its generic composition and a description of a new species of Scorpiops from Pakistan (Scorpiones, Scorpiopsidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 12 (157): 245 - 254.

QI, J. - X., M. - S. ZHU & W. R. LOURENCO. 2005. Eight new species of the genera Scorpiops Peters, Euscorpiops Vachon, and Chaerilus Simon (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Chaerilidae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China. Euscorpius, 32: 1 - 40.

SISSOM, W. D. 1990. Systematics, biogeography and paleontology. Pp. 64 - 160 in Polis, G. A. (ed.): The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 587 pp.

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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.