An integrative description of Euscorpius diagorasi sp. n. from Rhodes, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)

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  An integrative description of Euscorpius diagorasi sp. n. from Rhodes, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) Abstract The genus  Euscorpius  Thorell, 1876 comprises a diverse and taxonomically challenging group of scorpions in the Mediterranean, with Greece representing one of its principal centers of diversity. In this study, we provide an integrative description of  Euscorpius diagorasi   sp. n. , a new species from Rhodes Island, Greece. The new species is described on the basis of adult male and female morphology and mitochondrial COI sequence data. It is a small oligotrichous species characterized by a total length of approximately 21–25 mm, pale yellow to light brown coloration with darker reddish-brown pedipalps, pectinal tooth count of 8 in the male and 7 in the females, Pv = 7–8, Pe-et = 5–6, and a distinct mitochondrial lineage. Phylogenetic analyses based on COI recovered the Rhodian specimens as a strongly supported monophyletic lineage, sister to...

Two further cases of morphological anomaly in theraphosid spiders (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

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Two further cases of morphological anomaly in theraphosid spiders (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

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Two further cases of morphological anomaly in theraphosid spiders (Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869) are reported. A subadult female of Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) presents an anomalous outgrowth between coxae IV and the margin of the sternum. An adult male of Phormictopus sp. has a small, regenerated, right-hand palp, with a heavily deformed palpal bulb.

Sherwood, Danniella & Hörweg, Christoph. (2024). Two further cases of morphological anomaly in theraphosid spiders (Araneae: Theraphosidae). 39. 26-28. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society Volume 39 (1) 2024