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...

A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

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A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

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The genus Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 is revised and diagnosed based on examination of the type material of its type species, R. petersi Schmidt, 2001, and a new species, Reversopelma spinometatarsi sp. nov., from Ecuador. The new species from Ecuador provides further knowledge on the male palpal bulb and spermathecal morphology of Reversopelma, supporting the delimitation of a new genus: Vitriemboli gen. nov. (type species Vitriemboli diaguita sp. nov.), easily distinguished from Reversopelma by the presence of urticating setae types III and IV. The Bolivian species Reversopelma herzogi Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023 is transferred to Vitriemboli (Vitriemboli herzogi comb. nov.) based on urticating setae and male palpal bulb morphology. A second new genus, Colombiarachne gen. nov. (type species Colombiarachne dianae sp. nov.), discovered separately, is described from Colombia.

Peñaherrera-R, Pedro & Guerrero-Campoverde, Ariel & León-E, Roberto J. & Ríos Tamayo, Duniesky & Sherwood, Danniella & Cisneros-Heredia, Diego. (2025). A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology. 20. 462-472.