Euscorpius (Polytrichobothrius) italicus (Herbst, 1800)

Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, 2021, On R. Kinzelbach‘s euscorpiid specimens from Turkey deposited in the Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz, Germany (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), Euscorpius 334, pp. 1-5 : 4

Euscorpius (Polytrichobothrius) italicus

(Herbst, 1800)

MATERIAL (not examined). Turkey, İstanbul, 13 September 1972, leg. E. Lampe (NMM/0189) ; İstanbul, at km 20 on the road to İzmit, 13 September 1972, leg. E. Lampe (NMM/0190) ; İstanbul, 1893, leg.? (NMM/0202).

COMMENTS. Euscorpius italicus was recorded by Pavesi (1876) from Turkey for the first time, from İstanbul. Existence of E. italicus there was confirmed by Vachon (1951), Kinzelbach (1982) and Karataş (2006). E. italicus specimens listed by Kinzelbach (1982: 65) were not examined in this study due to its abundance in İstanbul and no conflict in systematics. It is a synanthropic species with a very little variation across its wide range including Turkey (Gantenbein et al., 2006).