Alpiscorpius kaleensis sp. nov., a new scorpion species from Denizli Province, Turkey (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)

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Alpiscorpius kaleensis sp. nov., a new scorpion species from Denizli Province, Turkey (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) Abstract A new scorpion species, Alpiscorpius kaleensis sp. nov., is described from Denizli Province, in the Aegean Region of western Turkey, based on morphological characters. The species is assigned to the genus Alpiscorpius , based on the presence of three trichobothria in the em series on the external surface of the pedipalp patella. Alpiscorpius kaleensis sp. nov. can be readily distinguished from all congeners by its orange-yellow males and brownish-orange females, the presence of distinct ventrolateral carinae on metasomal segment V, six trichobothria in the Pv series, and five trichobothria in the et series. The new species is compared with Alpiscorpius akkayai , A. hakani , and A. honazicus , all of which occur in Denizli Province, as well as with A. huyukensis from Konya Province, its most similar congener. With the description of this new species, the number...

The validity of Ancylometes birabeni (Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961) (Araneae: Ancylometidae)

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The validity of Ancylometes birabeni (Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961) (Araneae: Ancylometidae)

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Carcavallo & Martínez (1960; 1961) described four new species and proposed a new genus of Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 from Argentina. Of these, Corinoctenus anomalosto mus Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961 and Corinoctenus green wayi Carcavallo & Martínez, 1960 were synonymized first with Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) by Scia pelli & Gerschman (1970) and later removed and placed as junior synonyms of Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) by Höfer & Brescovit (2000). The three remaining valid names are the genus Montescueia Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961 and its type species Montescueia leitaoi Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961, described based on a male from Salta prov ince in north-west Argentina, and Ancylometes birabeni Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961 described based on a female from Corrientes, north-east Argentina. Until recently, Ancy lometes was contained in the family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 but was transferred to the new family Ancylometidae Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025 by those authors. The trans fer of Ancylometes s.s. was well supported. In this work, we discuss the identity of A. birabeni, which possesses a cribellum and calamistrum and is unequivocally a ctenid of the subfamily Acanthocteninae.

Acknowledgement: I’d like to sincerely thank Danniella Sherwood for kindly sharing this manuscript with me through ResearchGate.

Sherwood, Danniella & Piacentini, Luis. (2025). The validity of Ancylometes birabeni (Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961) (Araneae: Ancylometidae). Arachnology. 20. 279-280.