Scorpiops hardwickii (Gervais, 1843)

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 : 59

Scorpiops hardwickii (Gervais, 1843)

Scorpiops hardwickii : Kovařík, 2000b: 175-179, figs 14, 46, 56, 57.

Scorpiops hardwickii hardwickii :Fet, 2000d: 492.

Materials reported.

1 male, 3 females and 3 juveniles, China, Xizang, Nyainqentangha Mts, Lhasa, 3800m, V. Major leg. FKCP.

Distribution.

Lhasa, Xizang (China); (Himachal, Uttar, Jammu, Kashmir, Punjab) India; Nepal; Pakistan.

Comments.

The list of Scorpiops hardwickii (Gervais, 1843) “complex”, provided by Kovařík & Ahmed (2009: 10), containing 12 species widely distributed in Asia. Di et al. (2011a) summarized the characters of Scorpiops hardwickii “complex”: (1) color red brown to dark brown; (2) total length about 45-80 mm in adults; (3) fingers of pedipalps very strongly flexed (curved) in males, slightly flexed (undulated) in females; (4) ventral trichobothria on patella number 6-8; (5) pectinal teeth number 4-9; (6) length/width ratio of chela about 1.8-2.1; (7) fulcra absent; (8) patella with two small spinoid granules on the internal aspect.