Two New Species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Bulgaria and Greece

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Fig. 33. Map showing localities of the described species (red square, E. petarberoni sp. n.; green circles, E. tri-chasi sp. n.)

Parts of Europe still seem to be an inexhaustible source of new Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Euscorpiidae) species. Gioele Tropea and co-workers have recently published a new article describing a new species from Bulgaria and from Greece based on morphological and molecular evidence.

Euscorpius petaberoni Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2024 (Known only from Kovachevitsa in the Western Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria)

Euscorpius trichasi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2024 (Known only from the Mt. Olympos massif in Thessaly in Greece)

Abstract

Two scorpion species, Euscorpius petarberoni sp. n. (Bulgaria) and E. trichasi sp. n. (Greece), are described based on morphological and molecular evidence; E. petarberoni sp. n. is related to E. popovi Tropea et al., 2015, E. drenskii Tropea et al., 2015, and E. thracicus Kovařík et al., 2020, while E. trichasi sp. n. is related to E. kabateki Kovařík & Šťáhlavský, 2020.

References

Blasco-Aróstegui, J. & Prendini, L. 2023. Glacial relicts? A new scorpion from Mount Olympus, Greece (Euscorpiidae: Euscorpius). American Museum Novitates, 4003, 1-36.

Tropea G, Fet V, Parmakelis A, Stathi I. Two New Species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Bulgaria and Greece. Zoodiversity. 2024;58(1):1-18. [Open Access]

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