Scorpiops songi sp.n. and key to species of Scorpiops from China (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae)Scorpiops songi sp.n. и ключ для определения Scorpiops Китая (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae)

摘要

A new species, Scorpiops songi sp.n., from Xizang (China), is described and illustrated. It is characterized by light yellow-brown color in living individuals, large size (length of adult male about 72.0 mm), small and dense granules on integument, apair of small median eyes (diameter< 0.5 mm), 17 trichoboth-ria (5 eb, 2 esb, 2 em, 4 est, 4 et) on the external surface of pedipalp patella and 7 or 8 trichobothria on the ventral surface of pedipalp patella, chela with a length/ width ratio about 2.4 in one adult male and average of 2.8 in two immature females, pedipalp chela fingers on adult females and males scalloped, pectinal teeth count 7 in five males and 6 in three females, pectinal fulcra vestigial. The number of known species of Scorpiops from China is raised to 16, is more than half of the known species (29) in the world.