08 June, 2016

A new Euscorpius species from Western Turkey


Gioele Tropea and Ersen Yagmur have recently described a new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Euscorpiidae) from the Sultan Mountains in western Turkey.

Euscorpius sultanensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2016

Abstract:
A new species of scorpion, Euscorpius sultanensis sp. n., is described from the Sultan Mountains (Sultandağ), a short mountain range in Afyonkarahisar, Konya and Isparta provinces in western Turkey.

Reference:
Tropea G, Yagmur EA. A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 from the Sultan Mountains in western Turkey (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Aracnida - Rivista Arachnologica Italiana. 2016;2(6):32-43.

Family Euscorpiidae

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