Scorpiops Peters, 1861

Kovařík, František, 2020, Nine new species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, Euscorpius 302, pp. 1-43 : 1

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Genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861

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Scorpiops Peters, 1861: 510 ; Kraepelin, 1899: 179–182; Vachon, 1980: 143–159; Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 403–452, figs. 1129–1246; Sissom, 1990: 114; Kovařík, 1998: 142; Lourenço, 1998: 246; Fet, 2000: 491–495; Kovařík, 2000: 162–198, figs. 1–7, 14–22, 25, 28, 29, 31–72 (in part); Soleglad & Sissom, 2001: 93–97, figs. 3, 13–14, 86, 96, 101, 114, 147, 159, 183, 202, 220; Qi et al., 2005: 2–14, figs. 1–46; Kovařík, 2009: 27, 32; Kovařík & Ahmed, 2009: 1–10, figs. 1–26.

TYPE SPECIES. Scorpio hardwickii Gervais, 1843 .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 24–75 mm. Inner accessory denticles present on pedipalp chelal fingers. Outer denticles (OD) of pedipalp chelal fingers are present but displaced to outer aspect of fingers. Pedipalp chelal finger denticles aligned in straight row or rows. Pedipalp chela is flat in appearance. Trichobothrial pattern type C. Two subdistal denticles present on cheliceral movable finger dorsal edge. Cheliceral movable finger ventral edge either smooth or with crenulations. Ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger equipped with 5–7 (usually 7) denticles. Ventral aspect of cheliceral fixed finger smooth, without denticles. Two pedal spurs present on legs. Tarsal spurs on legs absent. Sternum pentagonal in shape. Hemispermatophore lamelliform in shape. Telson without subaculear tubercle. Median eyes and tubercle present. Two or three pairs of lateral eyes present. Patella of pedipalps usually with 16–19 external trichobothria. Ventral surface of manus usually bears 4 trichobothria, of which V 4, if not absent, is usually located on ventral aspect of chela. Trichobothrium Eb 3 on external surface of chela, usually located between trichobothria Db and Dt, along proximo-distal axis of manus.