Scorpiops jendeki Kovarik , 2000

Di, Zhiyong, Xu, Xiaobo, Cao, Zhijian, Wu, Yingliang & Li, Wenxin, 2013, Notes on the scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from Xizang with the redescription of Scorpiops jendeki Kovarik, 2000 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Yunnan (China), ZooKeys 301, pp. 51-99 : 79-82

Scorpiops jendeki Kovarik, 2000 Figures 119-135, Table 3

Scorpiops jendeki Kovařík, 2000: 180, 182, figs 59-60, tabs 1-3.

Scorpiops hardwickii jendeki : Kovařík, 1994: 62, figs 7-13, tab. 1; Fet, 2000b: 492.

Scorpiops jendeki : Di et al., 2011b: 29-30, figs 118-122.

Type locality.

China, Yunnan, Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve 100 km west of Baoshan.

Type material.

Holotype, female, China, Yunnan, Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve 100 km west of Baoshan; 1 female paratype (NMPC), 4 females paratypes (FKCP),14-21/6/1993, E. Jendek and O. Sausa leg.

Material examined.

3 females and 1 immature male (MHBU, Ar.- MHBU- YNLL0801-4, 0804 is male), China, Yunnan Province, Baoshan City, Longling County, 7/2008, Ji-Shan Xu and Zhen-Hua Gao leg.

Diagnosis.

Total length is 30-42.1 mm. Patella with 17 external trichobothria (5 eb, 2 esb, 2 em, 4 est, 4 et) (Fig. 127) and 6-7 ventral trichobothria (6 specimens, Fig. 128). Pectinal teeth count 4-5. Both males and females have fingers of pedipalps straight, without any flexure. The carapace bears very sparse large granules.

Scorpiops jendeki appears to be closely related to Scorpiops hardwickei (Gervais, 1843), both species have the same number of external and ventral trichobothria on the patella, and a similar length/width ratio of chela; however, in the latter the fingers of pedipalps are strongly flexed.

Description.

(based on female specimen: Ar.- MHBU -YNMH0801).

Coloration: mainly yellow. Carapace red brown with yellow stripe. Median and lateral ocular tubercles black. Tergites mostly dark red brown to dark brown with yellow stripe. Metasoma segments dark red brown to dark brown. Vesicle red yellow brown with brown stripe and a red brown aculeus. Chelicerae yellow brown with fingers dark red brown gradually lighter toward the tip. Pedipalp femur and patella dark red brown, chela manus and fingers red brown. Legs red brown with yellow stripe, tarsi yellow brown. Tarsal ungues yellowish brown. Sternum, genital operculum and sternites pale brown. Pectines yellowish.

Morphology. Prosoma: Carapace with sparse, big granules (Fig. 120); anterior edge with big granules, lateral and posterior edges smooth; lateral furrow broad, anterior median furrow broad and moderately deep, posterior median furrow deep; margin behind lateral eyes with granules, other margins smooth. Median eyes situated ante riorly compared to center of carapace; three pairs of lateral ocelli, posterior smallest (Fig. 123). Median ocular tubercle smooth with a pair of median eyes which are much larger than lateral eyes, and a median furrow. Lateral ocular tubercle with some granules around eyes.

Mesosoma: Tergites sparsely covered with coarse granules, posterior part of tergites with bigger granules; tergites III‒VI with a median swell and two pairs of lateral carinae (shaped by bigger granules). Pectinal teeth count 4/4, fulcra absent (Fig. 124). Genital operculum subtriangular. Sternites smooth and shiny; segment VII with 4 smooth ventral carinae.

Metasoma: Tegument coarse. Segments II to V longer than wide; segments I to V with respectively 10-8-8-8-7 carinae; ventromedian, ventrolateral carinae stronger distally, dorsal carinae with small granules, lateral carinae weaker distally; segment V carinae with smaller granules dorsally and larger serration ventrally (Fig. 129). Vesicle with few setae and granules. Aculeus short and slightly curved (Fig. 130). The boundary between vesicle and aculeus not sharp.

Pedipalps: Tegument coarse. Femur with external, dorsointernal, dorsoexternal, ventrointernal, ventroexternal and internal carinae with round granules; tegument with few small granules dorsally (Fig. 125) and smooth ventrally. Patella (Figs 126-128) with dorsointernal, dorsoexternal, ventrointernal, ventroexternal and external carinae with round granules; two large spinoid granules present on the internal aspect; tegument with few granules dorsally and ventrally nearly smooth. Trichobothrial pattern C, neobothriotaxic ( Vachon 1974); patella with 17 external trichobothria (5 eb, 2 esb, 2 em, 4 est, 4 et), 6 ventral trichobothria. Chela with length/width ratio: 2.2 in adult males and 2.2-2.4 in adult females (2.2 on female holotype and a male specimen in Kovařík 2000b: 160, tab. 1) (Figs 131-135). Chela with dorsal marginal, external secondary, and ventrointernal carinae granulated. For position and distribution of trichobothria on the tibia of pedipalp see (Figs 132-135).

Chelicerae: Tegument smooth. Movable finger with 4 teeth on dorsal edge, 4 teeth on ventral edge. Fixed finger with 3 teeth on dorsal edge (Figs 121, 122).

Legs: Tegument coarsely granular dorsally, except basitarsi and telotarsi, smooth ventrally. Femur dorsal surface with few small granules, external surface with a granular carina, internal surface with two granular carinae. Patella internally with a dentate carina. Tibia with few setae and small granules, without spurs. Basitarsi with some spinules, few setae and 2 lateral pedal spurs. Tarsi ventrally with one row of short spinules and few setae. Tarsal ungues curved and hook-like.

Variation.

Female and male materials: coloration and morphology are very similar to holotype. Sexual dimorphism is not distinct. Total length is 30-42.1mm. 6-7 ventral trichobothria on the patella of pedipalps. Pectinal teeth count 4-5. Measurements in Table 3.

Ecology.

This species is uncommon, collected from moist mixed forest and in the bark or leavers and moss.

Distribution.

Yunnan (China).