New data on distribution and ecology of seven species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)
Author
Colombo, Marco
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Euscorpius
2006
2006-12-31
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36
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https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2006/iss36/1/
journal article
10.18590/euscorpius.2006.vol2006.iss36.1
1536-9307
Euscorpius flavicaudis
(DeGeer, 1778)
(
Figs. 25–28
,
Table 9
)
Euscorpius flavicaudis
is one of the four “old” species (already discussed by
Fanzago, 1872
), which in the recent years has not been part of any important taxonomic changes; none of the subspecies listed by
Caporiacco (1950)
was elevated to species status. It is characterized by a typical Western Mediterranean chorotype (
Crucitti, 1993
), and it is found in northern Africa (
Algeria
,
Tunisia
) and southern Europe (southern
France and Corsica
,
Italy
and southern
Spain
, including
Balearic Islands
); it was introduced to northern Europe (
Great Britain
) and southern America (
Uruguay
) (Fet & Sissom, 2000). In
Italy
, it is recorded from the entire Tyrrhenian
Figure 28:
E. flavicaudis
collecting sites. Liguria, Tuscany (Italy) and Var (France):
1.
Fayence;
2.
Mont Faron;
3.
Andora Castello;
4.
Toirano;
5.
Finale Ligure;
6.
Levigliani;
7.
Castelfalfi.
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