Scorpiops atomatus Qi, Zhu & Lourenco , 2005

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 : 58-59

Scorpiops atomatus Qi, Zhu & Lourenco, 2005 Figures 1-21, Table 1

Scorpiops atomatus Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005: 6-10, figs 16-31.

Type specimens.

Holotype, male, China, Xizang, Lang district (29.02°N, 93.08°E), 7-8/2004, Ai-Min Shi and Yi-Bin Ba leg. (MHBU). Paratypes: 3 females, 1 male, same data as holotype (2 females in MHBU, 1 female and 1 male in MNHN); 1male, China, Xizang, Chayu district, Xia Zayü town (28.4°N, 97.0°E), 7/8/2002, Ming-Sheng Zhu leg. (MHBU?); 2 females, China, Xizang, Lang district (29.02°N, 93.08°E), 20 August 2002, Ming-Sheng Zhu leg. (MHBU?); 1 male, China, Xizang, Gyaca district (29.1°N, 92.7°E), 21/8/2002, Ming-Sheng Zhu leg. (MHBU?); 1 male, 1female, 22 August 2002, other data same as above (MHBU?).

Distribution.

Gyaca County, Nang County (Lang district, Langxian district), Zayü County (China).

Comments.

Kovařík & Ahmed (2009: 10) provided a list of Scorpiops hardwickii (Gervais, 1843) “complex”, which included 12 species, containing Scorpiops atomatus . Di et al. (2011a) summarized the characters of Scorpiops hardwickii “complex” and excluded Scorpiops atomatus with the reasons as followed: (1) pectinal teeth count is 9-11 in Scorpiops atomatus , and 4-8 in Scorpiops hardwickii ( Kovařík, 2000: 178); (2) ventral trichobothria on patella number is 9 in Scorpiops atomatus , and 6-8 in Scorpiops hardwickii ( Kovařík, 2000: 176); (3) fulcra are present in Scorpiops atomatus but absent in Scorpiops hardwickii . In addition, Scorpiops atomatus has clearly thinner chela than Scorpiops pococki and Scorpiops langxian .