Alpiscorpius germanus (C. L. Koch, 1837) Kovařík & Štundlová & Fet & Šťáhlavský, 2019

Kovařík, František, Štundlová, Jana, Fet, Victor & Šťáhlavský, František, 2019, Seven new Alpine species of the genus Alpiscorpius Gantenbein et al., 1999, stat. n. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), Euscorpius 287, pp. 1-29 : 4

“ germanus compleX”

DIAGNOSIS: Total length of adults 18–30 mm. Pedipalp chela with 4 trichobothria (3 V, Et 1) on ventral surface. Patella of pedipalp with 3 eXternal trichobothria in em group, 4–5 eXternal trichobothria in et group, and 5–6 ventral trichobothria. Pedipalp chela fiXed finger with trichobothrium est located approXimately between trichobothria et and dsb ( Fig. 8), i.e. et-est/est-dsb distance ratio is about 1. Metasomal segment V smooth, without granulation or carinae.

COMPOSITION. We subdivide all valid species of the “ germanus compleX” into two informal groups: “ alpha group” and “ germanus group” according to their DNA phylogeny and karyotypic identity ( Gantenbein et al., 2000; ŠtundlovÁ et al., 2019). Geographic distribution of these two groups is continuous and limited to the Alpine area of Europe.

SUBORDINATE TAXA (6 SPECIES).

“ alpha group”:

Alpiscorpius alpha ( Di Caporiacco, 1950) , comb. n. ( Italy, Switzerland)

A. beta ( Di Caporiacco, 1950) , comb. n., stat. n. ( Italy, Switzerland)

A. delta sp. n. ( Italy)

“ germanus group”:

A. germanus (C. L. Koch, 1837) , comb. n. ( Austria, Italy, Switzerland)

A. kappa sp. n. ( Slovenia)

A. lambda sp. n. ( Slovenia,? Italy)