A new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from southern Bulgaria

A new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from southern Bulgaria

A new scorpion species, Euscorpius drenskii sp. nov., is described from the Western Rhodope Mts. in southern Bulgaria. It is characterized by an oligotrichous trichobothrial pattern, which shows a conspicuous loss of one trichobothrium in the external median patellar series (em = 3), also observed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tropea, Gioele, Fet, Victor, Parmakelis, Aristeidis, Kotsakiozi, Panayiota, Stathi, Iasmi
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Arachnologische Gesellschaft (ARAGES) 2015-06-01
Series:Arachnologische Mitteilungen
Subjects:
Scorpions
systematics
West Rhodope
16S rDNA
Online Access: http://www.arages.de/aramit/pdf/Heft_49/AM49_10_20.pdf
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Summary:A new scorpion species, Euscorpius drenskii sp. nov., is described from the Western Rhodope Mts. in southern Bulgaria. It is characterized by an oligotrichous trichobothrial pattern, which shows a conspicuous loss of one trichobothrium in the external median patellar series (em = 3), also observed in E. carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767) and the subgenus Alpiscorpius Gantenbein, Fet, Largiadèr & Scholl, 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA marker sequences does not show any close relationship between these three groups, suggesting that the observed loss of a trichobothrium is an independent event.
ISSN:1018-4171
2199-7233

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