Scorpiops novaki (Kovařík, 2005) Kovařík & Lowe & Stockmann & Šťáhlavský, 2020

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Stockmann, Mark & Šťáhlavský, František, 2020, Revision of genus-group taxa in the family Scorpiopidae Kraepelin, 1905, with description of 15 new species (Arachnida Scorpiones), Euscorpius 325, pp. 1-140 : 76

Scorpiops novaki (Kovařík, 2005) , comb. n.

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Euscorpiops novaki Kovařík, 2005: 4–6 , figs. 8, 11, 15–16; Qi et al., 2005: 15–18; Di et al., 2010 b: 51.

= Euscorpiops karschi Lourenço et al. in Qi et al., 2005: 25, figs. 94–108; Di & Zhu, 2009a: 11–15, figs. 1–26; Di et al., 2010 b: 51; Di et al., 2013: 58–59; Di et al., 2014: 10, 15; Fet & Kovařík, 2020: 4. Syn. n.

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TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. China, Tibet (Xizang), Bomi env., 29°52'N 95°45'E (29.87°N 95.75°E), ca. 3000 m a. s. l. ; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. China, Tibet (Xizang), Bomi env. 29°52'N 95°45'E (29.87°N 95.75°E), ca. 3000 m a. s. l., 1988, 1♂ (holotype), leg. P. Rojek , FKCP.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. China, Tibet (Xizang), Zayü District, Xia Zayü Town , 28°30'N 97°00'E (28.50°N 97.00°E), 2♀, topotypes of Euscorpiops karschi Lourenço, Zhu & Qi, 2005, 2008 , donor Zhiyong Di , FKCP.

DIAGNOSIS (♂ ♀). Total length 44–49 mm. Base color uniformly reddish brown. Pectine teeth number 8–9 in males and 7–8 in females, fulcra reduced to absent. Pectens have three marginal and 3–5 middle lamellae present. Patella of pedipalp with 18– 19 (5 eb, 2 esb, 2 em, 4–5 est, 5 et) external and 8–9 ventral trichobothria. Chela of pedipalp with 4 V series trichobothria located on ventral surface. Chelal trichobothrium Eb 3 located in distal half of manus between trichobothria Dt and Est. Fingers of pedipalps flexed in both sexes. Chela length to width ratio 3.6 in male and 3.4–3.5 in females. Pedipalp movable finger with ca. 60 IAD, which form second row, parallel with MD (ca. 70 in number); there are also 4 ID and 11–13 OD present. Tarsomere II of legs with 5–7 stout median ventral spinules and two pairs of flanking setae. Telson elongate and sparsely granulate, length to depth ratio 3.3 in male and 3.18 in female; annular ring developed in both sexes.

COMMENTS. It is determined here that the holotype of Euscorpiops novaki and topotypes Euscorpiops karschi match each other precisely in the following key characters: trichobothrial pattern, pedipalp finger dentation, pectinal tooth count and lamellar structure, proportions, setation, carination and sculpture of pedipalps, carapace, tergites, sternites, and metasoma, shape of the telson, as well as armature of chelicerae and pedipalp fingers. In the original descriptions, Qi et al. (2005: 25 and 29) differentiated these two species from the same area of distribution according to one more pectine tooth and one more ventral trichobothrium on the patella pedipalp. Both differences lie within the scope of normal intraspecific variation (see Table 9). The undeniable conclusion is that Euscorpiops karschi Lourenço et al. in Qi et al., 2005: 25 is a junior synonym of Euscorpiops novaki Kovařík, 2005 , syn. n.

DISTRIBUTION. China (Tibet) ( Fig. 799 ).

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Figure 799. Geographic distribution of the family Scorpiopidae. The map plots locality

Figures 53–76: Scorpiops spp., telson lateral. Figures 53–68: Species previously placed in genus Euscorpiops. Figure 53. S. asthenurus, female, India, Meghalaya State, Nong Poh env., FKCP. Figure 54. S. beccaloniae, male, holotype. Figure 55. S. kaftani, female, holotype. Figure 56. S. kamengensis, male, India, Arunachal Pradesh State, Hunli vicinity, 28°19'32"N 95°57'31"E, FKCP. Figure 57. S. kubani, male, paratype. Figure 58–59. S. longimanus, male (59), India, Assam State, 50 km E of Tezpur, 1800 m a. s. l., FKCP and female (59), India, Maghalaya State, West Garo-Hills, FKCP. Figures 60–61. S. montanus, male (60), and female (61), India, Uttarakhand State, Dhika forest 29.65°N 78.94°E, FKCP. Figure 62. S. neradi, male, holotype. Figure 63. S. novaki, male, holotype. Figure 64. S. orioni, male, holotype. Figure 65. S. problematicus, male (1265) topotype, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Poi mt., FKCP. Figure 66. S. sejnai, male, holotype. Figure 67. S. shidian, male, topotype, China, Yunnan Province, Shidian district, Jiucheng town, 24.43°N 99.09°E, FKCP. Figure 68. S. thaomischi, male, holotype. Figures 69–72: Species previously placed in genus Alloscorpiops. Figures 69–70. S. anthracinus, female (69) and male (70), Thailand, Phetchaburi Province, Kaeng Krachan, 450 m a. s. l., FKCP. Figure 71. S. citadelle, male (1632) topotype. Figure 72. S. wongpromi, male, holotype. Figure 73. S. grandjeani (previously placed in genus Dasyscorpiops), female (1823), Thailand, Kapang, 8.004608°N 99.744415°E, FKCP. Figures 74–75: S. satarensis (previously placed in genus Neoscorpiops), female (74), India, Maharashtra State, Panrel env., FKCP and female (75), topotype, India, Maharashtra State, Mahabaleshwar, FKCP. Figure 76. Parascorpiops montanus, female, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, Matang, ca. 20 km W of Kuching, FKCP.

Figures 269–298: Pedipalp chela dorsal and external views. Figures 269–296. Species previously placed in genus Euscorpiops. Figures 269–270. Scorpiops artemisae, male, holotype. Figures 271–272. S. asthenurus, male, India, Meghalaya State, Nong Poh env., FKCP. Figures 273–274. S. beccaloniae, male, holotype. Figures 275–276. S. kaftani, female, holotype. Figures 277–278. S. kamengensis, male, India, Arunachal Pradesh State, Hunli vicinity, 28°19'32"N 95°57'31"E, FKCP. Figures 279–280. S. kubani, male, paratype. Figures 281–282. S. longimanus, male, India, Assam State, 50 km E of Tezpur, 1800 m a. s. l., FKCP. Figures 283–284. S. montanus, male, India, Uttarakhand State, Dhika forest, 29.65°N 78.94°E, FKCP. Figures 285–286. S. novaki, male, holotype. Figures 287–288. S. orioni, male, holotype. Figures 289–290. S. problematicus, male topotype, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Poi mt., FKCP. Figures 291–292. S. sejnai, male, holotype. Figures 293–294. S. shidian, male, topotype, China, Yunnan Province, Shidian district, Jiucheng town, 24.43°N 99.09°E, FKCP. Figures 295–296. S. thaomischi, male, holotype. Figures 297–298. S. tenuicauda (previously placed in genus Neoscorpiops), male, lectotype.