Another new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 from the Taurus Mountains in Antalya Province, southern Turkey (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)
Author
Tropea, Gioele
Author
Yağmur, Ersen Aydın
Author
Parmakelis, Aristeidis
Author
Kunt, Kadir Boğaç
text
Euscorpius
2016
231
1
15
journal article
1536-9307
E8EE40C9-ADE6-416E-81EC-AC3B903203EA
Euscorpius alanyaensis
Tropea, Yağmur, Parmakelis et
Kunt
sp. n.
(
Figs. 1–18
,
20
,
21
,
Table 1
)
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9A6F64
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Type material.
Holotype
:
♂
,
Turkey
,
Antalya Province
,
Alanya District
,
Taşatan Plateau
,
36°39'56.3"N
,
32°08' 05.3''E
,
754 m
,
14 October 2013
, leg.
K.B. Kunt
&
M. Elverici
(
AZM
).
Paratypes
: same data as holotype,
3 ♂
,
4 ♀
(
AZM
)
;
same data as holotype,
3 ♂
,
3 ♀
, (
GTC
)
,
same data as holotype but collected
05 April 2014
,
1 ♂
,
3 ♀
(
GTC
)
;
Turkey
,
Antalya Province
,
Alanya District
,
Taşatan Plateau
,
09 June 2009
, leg.
K.B. Kunt
,
1 ♂
,
2 ♀
(
AZM
)
;
Geographic distribution:
Southern
Turkey
:
Antalya
Province (see map in
Fig. 19
).
Etymology:
The specific epithet refers to the collection locality of the new species.
Diagnosis:
A small
Euscorpius
species
, total length
23–26 mm
(average
24 mm
). Colour very light brownish-ivory to brownish-reddish with darker chelae and carapace, without marbling. The mesosoma may be darker, greyish, due to the translucent cuticle. Number of trichobothria on pedipalp manus ventral surface is 4 (3
V +
1
Et
1
). Trichobothrium
et
on fixed finger is located distally to the notch of the fixed finger;
est
is located proximally or above the notch; and
dsb
is located proximally to the notch. Number of trichobothria on the pedipalp patella ventral surface (
Pv
) is from 9 to 11. Number of trichobothria on pedipalp patella external surface usually is
eb
= 4,
eba
= 4,
esb
= 2,
em
= 4,
est
= 4,
et
= 6 to 7. Pectinal teeth count (
Dp
) is from
10 to 11 in
males and usually
8 in
females. Chela with a notch on fixed finger and lobe on movable finger in males, obsolete in females. Average
Lchel/Wchel
ratio =
2.774 in
males and
2.939 in
females. Dorsal patellar spur well developed. Femur longer than patella; average
Lfem/Lpat
ratio = 1.034. Fine granulation on most surfaces, with larger, marked and darker granules along the anterior lateral area behind the lateral eyes and the posterior lateral furrow in males, little present in females. Carapace usually longer than wide but may be as long as wide, or slightly wider than long in females; average ratio
Lcar/Wcar
=
1.029 in
males and
1.002 in
females; average
CarA
%
= 42.11 % of the carapace length. Average ratio of
Lmet/Lcar
=
2.357 in
males and
2.139 in
females.
Trichobothrial and pectinal teeth count variation
:
Variation observed in 20 studied specimens (
9 males
,
11 females
) is given below.
Pectinal teeth, males
(n = 9): 10/? (1), 10/10 (2), 10/11 (3), 11/11 (3); in total,
10 in
47.05 % and
11 in
52.94 %; mean = 10.52, SD = 0.5144
Pectinal teeth, females
(n = 11): 8/7 (2), 8/8 (6), 8/9 (1), 9/9 (1), 10/10 (1); in total,
7 in
9.09 %,
8 in
68.18 %,
9 in
13.63 %,
10 in
9.09 %; mean = 8.22, SD = 0.7516.
Pedipalp patella, ventral trichobothria Pv
(n = 20): 9/9 (1), 9/10 (4), 10/9 (1), 10/10 (10), 10/11 (2), 11/10 (1), 10/12 (1); in total,
9 in
22.50 %,
10 in
72.50 %,
11 in
7.50 % and
12 in
2.50 %; mean = 9.95, SD = 0.5970.
Pedipalp patella, external trichobothria Pe
(n = 20):
et
= 6/6 (1), 6/7 (5), 7/6 (2), 7/7 (10), 8/7 (2); in total,
6 in
22.50 %,
7 in
72.50 %,
8 in
5.00 %; mean = 6.82, SD = 0.5006;
est
= 4/4 (20);
em
= 4/4 (20);
esb
= 2/2 (20);
eba
= 4/4 (20);
eb
= 4/4 (20).