A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Thailand (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae)

By

Nawanetiwong, Wasin
Košulič, Ondřej
Warrit, Natapot
Lourenço, Wilson
Ythier, Eric

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1193

Pages

161--170

Subjects

Description , Kaeng Krachan National Park , Morphology , Scorpion , Southeast Asia , wet forest

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1193.113398

 

Abstract

A new species, Scorpiops (Euscorpiops) krachansp. nov., belonging to the family Scorpiopidae Kraepelin, 1905 is described based on three adult males and one adult female collected in the Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand. The new species presents most features exhibited by scorpions of the subgenus Euscorpiops and can be characterized notably by a very small size, a sexual dimorphism strongly marked with male pedipalps elongated, a distinct trichobothrial pattern and other morphological features. This new taxon may represent one endemic element for the scorpion fauna of Thailand. Aspects of the ecology and distribution of the new species are discussed and compared with that of other relative Scorpiops species.