Scorpiops Peters, 1861

Kovařík, František & Ahmed, Zubair, 2009, Three new species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae: Scorpiopinae) from Pakistan, Euscorpius 88 (88), pp. 1-11 : 1

Scorpiops Peters, 1861

( Figs. 1–26 , Table 1)

Scorpiops Peters, 1861: 510 ; Kraepelin, 1899: 179 (in part); Vachon, 1980: 143 (in part); Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 403 (in part); Stockwell, 1989: 120; Sissom, 1990: 114 (in part); Kovařík, 1998: 142 (in part); Fet, 2000: 491 (in part); Kovařík, 2000: 162 (in part); Kovařík, 2001: 85 (in part); Soleglad & Sissom, 2001: 93; Kovařík, 2005: 8; Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005: 2; Kovařík, 2009: 27 .

Scorpiops (Euscorpiops) Vachon, 1980: 155 (in part).

Euscorpiops : Kovařík, 1998: 141 (in part); Lourenço, 1998: 246 (in part); Fet, 2000: 488 (in part).

Type species: Scorpiops hardwickei (Gervais, 1843)

DIAGNOSIS. Ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger with 5–7 denticles. Three pairs of lateral eyes and 17–19 external trichobothria on patella of pedipalps. Ventral surface of patella bears 6–18 trichobothria. Ventral surface of chela bears 3 or 4 trichobothria, of which V 4, if not absent, is always situated on ventral aspect of chela. Trichobothrium Eb 3 on external surface of chela is between trichobothria Db and Dt.

Figures

Figures 1–6: Scorpiops pakistanus Kovařík et Ahmed, sp. n., male paratype. 1. Chela dorsal. 2. Chela external. 3. Manus ventral. 4. Patella dorsal. 5. Patella external. 6. Patella ventral. The first capital letters denote trichobothria situated on the manus, and the first lower-case letters denote those situated on the fixed finger of pedipalp. Figs. 4 to 6 show the distribution of trichobothria on the patella of pedipalp. First letters: D, dorsal, E, external, I, internal, V, ventral. Second or second plus third letters: b, basal, sb, suprabasal, m, medial, st, subterminal, t, terminal, v, ventral. Numerals distinguish individual trichobothria of the same classification. Designation and description of trichobothria after Vachon (1974). Morphological terminology after Stahnke (1970).

Figures 7–12: Scorpiops pakistanus Kovařík et Ahmed, sp. n. 7–9. Male holotype, dorsal and ventral view and chela external. 10–12. Female paratype, dorsal and ventral view and chela external.

Figures 13–18: Scorpiops pseudomontanus Kovařík et Ahmed, sp. n. 13–15. Male paratype, dorsal and ventral view and chela external. 10–12. Female paratype, dorsal and ventral view and chela external.

Figures 19–26: 19 and 21. Scorpiops pseudomontanus Kovařík et Ahmed, sp. n., male paratype. 19. Patella external, 21. Patella ventral. 20, 22, 23–26. Scorpiops zubairahmedi Kovařík et Ahmed, sp. n., male paratype. 20. Patella external. 22. Patella ventral. 23–26. Dorsal and ventral view and chela external and ventral.