ZooKeys (Mar 2013)

A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Marmara Region of Turkey

  • Ersen Yagmur,
  • Gioele Tropea

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.281.4732
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 281, no. 0
pp. 91 – 105

Abstract

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A new species of the genus Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 is described based on specimens collected from Bursa Province, in Marmara Region of Turkey. It is characterized by a mesotrichous trichobothrial pattern (Pv= 8, et= 6, em=4, eb= 4), medium size and light coloration. Euscorpius (Euscorpius) rahsenae sp. n. is the second species of the subgenus Euscorpius recognized in Turkey.