Scorpiops walteri sp. n. (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from Myanmar

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  Scorpiops walteri sp. n. (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from Myanmar Abstract A new species Scorpiops walteri sp . n . (Scorpiopidae) is described from Myanmar, fully illustrated with color photos showing its morphology and habitus. Scorpiops walteri sp . n . is the only species of the genus with a combination of the following five characters: chelal trichobothrium Eb 3 located in middle of manus between trichobothria Dt and Est ; patella of pedipalp with 11–12 ventral and 19 external trichobothria; fingers of pedipalps strongly undulate in male; pedipalp movable finger with ca. 47 IAD; and chela length to width ratio 2.8 in male. Kovařík, F. 2026 . Scorpiops walteri sp. n. (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from Myanmar. Euscorpius , No. 437: 1-13.  https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2026/iss437/1/

On the identity and placement of Xysticus lendli Kulczyński, 1897 (Araneae, Thomisidae): an integrative approach

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On the identity and placement of Xysticus lendli Kulczyński, 1897 (Araneae, Thomisidae): an integrative approach

Abstract

The species Xysticus lendli is known only from its original description of a single male and one doubtful record so far. Here, we illustrate and redescribe the species based on 34 specimens in total and describe its female for the first time. We illustrated the male palp via compound micrographs and scanning electron micrographs. We generated a DNA barcode and placed it into a current phylogenetic scaffold to confirm the species’ placement of Spiracme, a long-debated sister- or subgroup of Xysticus; hence, a new combination of Spiracme lendli (Kulczyński, 1897), comb. nov. is proposed. We illustrated the visually similar Xysticus mongolicus and the type species of Spiracme, S. striatipes, and compared them to S. lendli to aid future distinctions between those species.

Gallé-Szpisjak N, Gallé R, Szabó K, Szűts T (2024) On the identity and placement of Xysticus lendli Kulczyński, 1897 (Araneae, Thomisidae): an integrative approach. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(3): 1017-1028. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.125826