Scorpiops, Peters, 1861

Sulakhe, Shauri, Deshpande, Shubhankar, Dandekar, Nikhil, Ketkar, Makarand, Padhye, Anand & Bastawade, Deshabhushan, 2020, A new cryptic species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India, Euscorpius 327, pp. 1-18 : 11

Key to Scorpiops species from northern Western Ghats and northern Maharashtra, India.

1. Trichobothria on patella ventral 15–19. .......................... 2

– Trichobothria on patella ventral 12–16. .......................... 4

2. Trichobothria on patella ventral 17–19; anterio-ventral tubercle on interior surface of patella medium to almost equal compared to posterior-ventral tubercle. .................... ................................ S. phaltanensis ( Sulakhe et al., 2020)

– Trichobothria on patella ventral 15–17; anterio-ventral tubercle on interior surface of patella very small compared to posterior-ventral tubercle. ........................................... 3

3. Carapace with deep U shaped emargination. ..................... ...................... S. deccanensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1977

– Carapace with moderate U shaped emargination. .............. .......................... S. maharashtraensis (Mirza et al., 2013)

4. Trichobothria on patella ventral 12–14; a pair of dorsolateral granules of anal rim strongly tuberculate. .......................... ................................................. S. satarensis Pocock, 1900

– Trichobothria on patella ventral 14–16; a pair of dorsolateral granules of anal rim weakly tuberculate. ........................ 5

5. Anterior margin of carapace with strong tuberculate granulation; telson with annular ring at juncture between vesicle and aculeus. ................................. S. telbaila sp. n.

– Anterior margin of carapace with moderate granulation; telson without an annular ring at juncture between vesicle and aculeus. .............................. tenuicauda Pocock, 1894