A new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from southern Bulgaria
A new scorpion species, Euscorpius drenskii sp. nov., is described from the Western Rhodope Mts. in southern Bulgaria. It is characterized by an oligotrichous trichobothrial pattern, which shows a conspicuous loss of one trichobothrium in the external median patellar series (em = 3), also observed...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Arachnologische Gesellschaft (ARAGES)
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Arachnologische Mitteilungen |
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http://www.arages.de/aramit/pdf/Heft_49/AM49_10_20.pdf
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| Summary: | A new scorpion species, Euscorpius drenskii sp. nov., is described from the Western Rhodope Mts. in southern Bulgaria. It is characterized by an oligotrichous trichobothrial pattern, which shows a conspicuous loss of one trichobothrium in the external median patellar series (em = 3), also observed in E. carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767) and the subgenus Alpiscorpius Gantenbein, Fet, Largiadèr & Scholl, 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA marker sequences does not show any close relationship between these three groups, suggesting that the observed loss of a trichobothrium is an independent event. |
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| ISSN: | 1018-4171 2199-7233 |