DNA barcoding of scorpions from Kosovo, with the first record of Alpiscorpius dinaricus (Di Caporiacco) (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)

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  DNA barcoding of scorpions from Kosovo, with the first record of Alpiscorpius dinaricus (Di Caporiacco) (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) ABSTRACT This study presents DNA barcoding data for Alpiscorpius dinaricus (Di Caporiacco) and Euscorpius hadzii Caporiacco. Barcode sequences were compared with publicly available reference data to support species identification, together with the evaluation of diagnostic morphological characters. Alpiscorpius dinaricus is recorded from Kosovo for the first time, representing a new national record and contributing to the knowledge of euscorpiid diversity in the region. Diagnostic illustrations of A. dinaricus are provided to facilitate reliable identification and to support future faunistic, taxonomic, and biogeographic studies. Euscorpius hadzii , previously known only from Prizren district, is now reported also from Bjeshkët e Nemuna Mountains (Western Kosovo). Geci, D., Ibrahimi, H., Bilalli, A., Musliu, M., Strohmeier, T., Koblmüller, S., … S...

An exceptional new genus of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber belonging to the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015

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An exceptional new genus of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber belonging to the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015

Abstract. – An exceptional new genus and species of fossil scorpion, Paranotaburmesebuthus schmidti Lourenço gen. n., sp. n., is described from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). This is the fourth genus of fossil scorpion from Burmite described in the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015. The new genus is characterized by a combination of several morphological features and in particular by the presence of lateral extensions in tergites I to VI recalling paranota. The description of the new genus and species suggests new evidence on the phylogenetic position of certain Burmite amber scorpions and confirms, once again, the considerable degree of diversity in the Burmese amber-producing forests. 

Lourenço W. R. & Velten J., 2024. – Un nouveau genre exceptionnel de l’ambre Crétacé de Myanmar appartenant à la famille des Paleoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015. Faunitaxys, 12(13): 1 – 7. 

https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-12(13) - https://zoobank.org/12A85C51-AC9F-4C47-80DA-3096683F1BFB