Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part II. Family Hormuridae Author Kovařík, František Author Ranawana, Kithsiri B. Author Sanjeewa Jayarathne, V. A. Author Karunarathna, Sanjaya Author Ullrich, Alexander text Euscorpius 2018 258 1 5 journal article 1536-9307 C9EFE1F7-D1E6-4820-A5A7-5FE940A9033 Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) ( Figs. 1–14 ) Liocheles australasiae : Fet, 2000: 395–397 (in part, complete reference and synonymy list until 2000); Monod & Prendini, 2014: 25–26. Figures 1–9: Liocheles australasiae from Sri Lanka, pedipalp segments. Chela dorsal (1), external (2) and ventrointernal (3). Femur dorsal (4), external (5) and ventral (6). Patella dorsal (7) and ventral (8). Movable finger (9). Trichobothrial pattern is indicated. Figures 10–12: Liocheles australasiae from Sri Lanka. Chelicerae, carapace and tergite I (10). Coxosternal area and sternite III (11). Female in vivo habitus (12). Figures 13–14: Liocheles australasiae , the Sri Lankan locality. TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY . "in insulis Oceani pacifi"; BMNH ( The Natural History Museum , London , United Kingdom ) . SRI LANKAN MATERIAL EXAMINED . Sri Lanka , Southern Province , Galle District , Bentota , 06°24'27.5"N 80°01'29.2"E , 3 m a.s.l. , 18.XII.2016 , 3♀ , leg . V . A. Sanjeewa Jayarathne , FKCP (the first author collection). The specimens were found inside a stone wall and under old bark of branches and in dry leaves on the land near a domestic tea cultivation field; also under the flower pots in home garden. DIAGNOSIS. Total length 22–36 mm . Patella of pedipalps with 3 ventral trichobothria ( Fig. 3 ); trichobothrium Eb3 located in base of chela near trichobothria Db , Eb1 , Eb2 , and Esb ( Fig. 2 ). Color uniformly reddish to yellowish brown, telson always yellow. Not troglobitic, median and three lateral pigmented eyes present. Chelicerae yellowish brown, reticulate. Carapace lacks carinae, punctate and bears straight median longitudinal groove. Pectinal teeth number 4–8. Metasomal segments sparsely setose and finely punctate, with smooth and rounded dorsal and lateral margins. Pedipalps covered by granules, dorsal surface of chela and femur of pedipalp granulated densely by bigger granules. Mainly ventral surface of pedipalp punctate ( Figs. 1–8 ). In contrast to female, in males fingers of chela con-spicuously flexed, but most of populations are parthenogenetic.