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Alloscorpiops citadelle Kovarik 2013

Description

Alloscorpiops citadelle Kovařík, 2013

(Figs. 13, 24)

Alloscorpiops citadelle Kovařík, 2013: 2–8, figs. 3–22.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Thailand, Klong Phanom, 8.88039N 98.67387E; first author‘s collection (FKCP).

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 37–54 mm. Base color uniformly greenish black to black, telson yellow with a reddish sting, legs may be pigmented. Pectinal teeth number 10–11 in males, 8–9 in females. Patella of pedipalp with 29–34 external trichobothria (5 eb, 2–3 esb, 3 em, 12–17 est, 5–6 et) and 19–21 ventral trichobothria. Chela of pedipalp with 11–13 ventral trichobothria, all located on ventral surface of chela. One distally positioned accessory trichobothrium (fourth in position) is located outside of row of ventral trichobothria (see red arrow in Fig. 13). Sexual dimorphism minor, adult males have relatively larger pectines; there is no difference in length and width of metasomal and pedipalp segments, and fingers of pedipalps are almost straight in both sexes. Chela narrow, length to width ratio in both sexes is 4.4–4.7.

Notes

Published as part of Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Košulič, Ondřej, 2013, Alloscorpiops wongpromi sp. n. from Thailand and Laos (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae: Scorpiopinae), pp. 1-12 in Euscorpius 160 (160) on page 4

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LOCALITY, AND , REPOSITORY
Family
Euscorpiidae
Genus
Alloscorpiops
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Scorpiones
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kovarik
Species
citadelle
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Alloscorpiops citadelle Kovarik, 2013 sec. Kovařík, Soleglad & Košulič, 2013

References

  • KOVARIK, F. 2013. Alloscorpiops citadelle sp. n. from Thailand (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae: Scorpiopinae). Euscorpius, 157: 1 - 9.