Scorpiops Peters, 1861

Qi, Jian-Xin, Zhu, Ming-Sheng & Lourenço, Wilson R., 2005, Eight new species of the genera Scorpiops Peters, Euscorpiops Vachon, and Chaerilus Simon (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Chaerilidae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China, Euscorpius 32 (32), pp. 1-40 : 2

Genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861

Scorpiops Peters, 1861: 510 ; Kraepelin, 1899: 179 (in part); Pocock, 1900: 64 (in part); Vachon, 1980: 143 (in part); Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 403 (in part); Lourenço, 1998: 246 (in part); Kovařík, 2000a: 163-166 (in part); Fet, 2000: 491 (in part); Soleglad & Sissom, 2001: 93; Kovařík, 2005b: 8.

Diagnosis. Trichobothrium Eb 3 on the external aspect of the chela located basally to trichobothrium Dt. Annular ring at vesicle/aculeus juncture absent. Three pairs of lateral eyes. 17–19 external trichobothria on pedipalp patella. Ventral aspect of patella with 6–18 trichobothria. Four trichobothria on the ventral aspect of the chela manus.