Notes on the scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from Xizang with the redescription of Scorpiops jendeki Kovarik, 2000 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Yunnan (China)
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Di, Zhiyong
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Xu, Xiaobo
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Cao, Zhijian
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Wu, Yingliang
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Li, Wenxin
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Scorpiops pococki Qi, Zhu &
Lourenco
, 2005
Figures 64-84, Table 3
Scorpiops pococki
Qi, Zhu &
Lourenco
, 2005: 14-18, figs 47-61.
Type specimens.
Holotype, male, China, Xizang, Gyaca district (
29°08'N
,
92°43'E
), 22/8/2002, Ming-Sheng Zhu leg. (MHBU); paratypes: 7 females and 4males, same data as holotype (1 female and 1 male in MNHN, the others in MHBU); 1 female, Chi
na
, Xizang,
Zayue
district, Xia
Zayue
town (
28°30'N
,
97°00'E
), 7/8/2002, Ming-Sheng Zhu leg.; 1male, China, Xizang, Ny-ingchi district (
29°34'N
,
94°30'E
), 2/8/2002, Ming- Sheng Zhu leg., 2 females, 3 males, 17/8/2002, other data same as above; 3 females, China, Xizang,
Nedong
district (
29°11'N
,
91°48'E
), 15/8/2002, Ming-Sheng Zhu leg.; 1 male, China, Xizang,
Xigaze
(
29°16'N
,
88°51'E
), 7/9/2002, Ming-Sheng Zhu leg.; 3 females, China, Xizang, Lhasa (
29°39'N
,
91°08'E
), 23/8/2003, Feng Zhang leg. (deposited in MHBU).
Distribution.
Gyaca County,
Nedong
County, Nyingchi County,
Zayue
County, Lhasa (China).
Comments.
Kovarik
& Ahmed (2009: 10)
provided a list of
Scorpiops hardwickii
(Gervais, 1843)
"complex"
, including
Scorpiops pococki
.
Scorpiops pococki
's features accord with the summary of
Di et al. (2011a)
. We provided the figures of the type specimen of
Scorpiops pococki
andother members from Xizang.
Table 3. Measurements (in mm) of
Scorpiops pococki
, and
Scorpiops jendeki
. * Data from
Kovarik
, 2000b
.<br/>
| Species<br/> Contents |
Scorpiops pococki
|
*
Scorpiops jendeki
|
Scorpiops jendeki
|
| Sex |
Male<br/> HT (MHBU) |
Female<br/> PT (MHBU) |
Male<br/> (FKCP) |
Female<br/> HT (FKCP) |
Female<br/> (YNLL0801) |
Female<br/> (YNLL0802) |
Figure 64. Habitus of
Scorpiops pococki
, male, holotype, dorsal view.
Figures 65-76.
Scorpiops pococki
, male, holotype. 65 Carapace 66-67 Chelicera, dorsal and ventral aspects 68 Lateral eyes 69 Genital operculum and pectines 70 Femur dorsal aspect 71-73 Patella dorsal, external and ventral aspects 74 Metasomal segment V, ventral aspect 75 Telson, lateral aspect 76 Dentate margin of movable finger, showing rows of granules.
Figures 77-84.
Scorpiops pococki
. 77-80 male, holotype. Chela dorsal, external, ventral and internal aspects 81-84 female, paratype. Chela dorsal, external, ventral and internal aspects.
Figure 85. Habitus of
Scorpiops
sp. (hardwickii
"complex"
) from Lhasa, female, dorsal view.
Figures 86-97.
Scorpiops
sp. (hardwickii
"complex"
) from Lhasa, female. 86 Carapace 87-88 Chelicera, dorsal and ventral aspects 89 Lateral eyes 90 Genital operculum and pectines 91 Femur dorsal aspect 92-94 Patella dorsal, external and ventral aspects 95 Metasomal segment V, ventral aspect 96 Telson, lateral aspect 97 Dentate margin of movable finger, showing rows of granules.
Figures 98-101.
Scorpiops
sp. (hardwickii
"complex"
) from Lhasa, female. Chela dorsal, external, ventral and internal aspects.