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...

Exploring the evolutionary path of male genitalia in the genus Heterophrynus (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Colombian Andes: a new endemic species revealed

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Exploring the evolutionary path of male genitalia in the genus Heterophrynus (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Colombian Andes: a new endemic species revealed

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The genus Heterophrynus of the family Phrynidae, endemic to South America, presents a cryptic diversity previously reported in genetic population studies, especially in the group of species similar to H. batesii, which is distributed from the Brazilian Amazonia to the North of Colombia. Describing new species inside this group could be difficult due to the lack of diagnostic characters, however, the male genitalia presents a little studied group of characters that could be useful. We evaluate the variation in the male genital morphology of the group using SEM pictures, showing the differences in some structures between species from the Amazon and the Andean region, and for the first time, we present a time-calibrated phylogeny of the Colombian species based on COI. We describe a new species Heterophrynus nasa, based on the male and female genitalia morphology, which is also supported by analyses of genetic species delimitations. Variations on the Lobus Dorsalis, Laterialis, and the Processus Internus, show patterns in the Amazonian species that differ from the Andean and Caribbean species. According to the genetic analysis, the raising of the Andean Oriental Cordillera could have produced species differentiation dating from 27 to 7 mya, since the Oligocene to the Miocene. 
Daniel Chirivi Joya, Sebastián Vazquez-Palacios, Sebastián Cuadrado-Ríos, Exploring the evolutionary path of male genitalia in the genus Heterophrynus (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Colombian Andes: a new endemic species revealed, Acta Arachnologica, 2025, Volume 74, Issue 2, Pages 71-84, Released on J-STAGE December 11, 2025, Online ISSN 1880-7852, Print ISSN 0001-5202, https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.74.71, https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/74/2/74_71/_article/-char/en