Scorpiops margerisonae Kovarik , 2000

Di, Zhiyong, Xu, Xiaobo, Cao, Zhijian, Wu, Yingliang & Li, Wenxin, 2013, Notes on the scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from Xizang with the redescription of Scorpiops jendeki Kovarik, 2000 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Yunnan (China), ZooKeys 301, pp. 51-99 : 64-65

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.301.4608

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Scorpiops margerisonae Kovarik , 2000
status

 

Scorpiops margerisonae Kovarik, 2000

Scorpiops margerisonae Kovařík, 2000b: 189, figs 66, 70, tabs 1-3; Di & Zhu, 2010: 1-8, figs 1-23, tabs 1-2.

Type specimens.

Holotype, male, China, Xizang, FKCP.

Other materials reported.

1 male, 1 female (Ar.-MHBU-XZLX060137, Ar.-MHBU-XZLX060138) and 7 juveniles., Langxian District, China, Xizang, 4/8/2006, leg. Ming-Sheng Zhu; 5 males (Ar.-MHBU-XZND060188, Ar.-MHBU-XZND060218, Ar.-MHBU-XZLX060238, Ar.-MHBU-XZLX060245, Ar.-MHBU-XZLX060246), 4 females (Ar.-MHBU-XZND060189, Ar.-MHBU-XZND0 60219, Ar.-MHBU-XZLX060220, Ar.-MHBU-XZLX06 0247), 1 female (imm.) (Ar.-MHBU-XZLX060248) and 5 juveniles, Naidong District, China, Xizang, 9/8/2006, leg. Ming-Sheng Zhu.

Habitat.

Found under stones.

Distribution.

Nang County, Nêdong County (Naidong district) (China).

Comments.

Scorpiops margerisonae was establishedby Kovařík (2000b) just using 1 male specimens. Its most important character provided by Kovařík (2000b) is the highest numer of pectinal teeth (12-13). Although the original description is poor, we can find another valuable information: Scorpiops margerisonae has a pair strong chelas with rectangular manus (with big granules in surface). Di & Zhu (2010) redescribed Scorpiops margerisonae and reported its female for the first time, and changed its pectinal teeth numer characters as a range 8-10 in females, 9-13 in males.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Euscorpiidae

Genus

Scorpiops