Alpiscorpius phrygius ( Bonacina, 1980 )

Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, 2021, On R. Kinzelbach‘s euscorpiid specimens from Turkey deposited in the Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz, Germany (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), Euscorpius 334, pp. 1-5 : 1

Alpiscorpius phrygius ( Bonacina, 1980)

( Figures 1–2 )

Euscorpius mingrelicus phrygius Bonacina, 1980: 72 ; Vachon & Kinzelbach, 1987: 101; Lacroix, 1991: 21; Lacroix, 1995: 4; Fet & Sissom, 2000: 371.

Euscorpius germanus mingrelicus: Kinzelbach, 1982: 59 .

Euscorpius mingrelicus: Kritscher, 1993: 387 (in part; Izmit, Abant).

= Euscorpius mingrelicus legrandi Lacroix, 1995: 4 (syn. by Tropea et al., 2015: 3).

Euscorpius mingrelicus legrandi: Fet & Sissom, 2000: 371 .

Euscorpius phrygius: Tropea et al., 2015: 3–8 , figs. 1–18; Fet et al., 2016: 4.

Alpiscorpius phrygius: KovařÍk et al., 2019: 15 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Turkey, Düzce Province, Akçakoca District, Hasançavuş Village, Karaburun Area , 41°04'31"N, 31°01'28"E, 12 m a. s. l., 1♀, 30 March 1977, leg. R. Kinzelbach (NMM/0263) .

TRICHOBOTHRIAL AND PECTINAL TOOTH VARIATION.

The variation observed in one examined specimen (♀) is given below.

Pectinal teeth in female: 7/7 (1).

Pedipalp patella trichobothria Pv: 6/6 (1).

Pedipalp patella trichobothria Pe: et = 4/5 (1); est = 4/4 (1); em 3/3 (1); esb = 2/2 (1); eb

a

= 4/4 (1); eb = 4/4 (1).

COMMENTS. Kinzelbach (1982) reported a specimen, under the name of Euscorpius germanus mingrelicus from Bolu, Karaburun, 14 km west of Akçakoca (now in the Düzce Province). Probably, Kinzelbach (1982) overlooked the Euscorpius mingrelicus phrygius description by Bonacina (1980) as he did not cite this source in his 1982 paper. Vachon & Kinzelbach (1987) cited E. m. phrygius but did not mention explicitly the Akçakoca record of Kinzelbach (1982). Recently, E. m. phrygius was revised by Tropea et al. (2015) and elevated to species level; later, it was transferred to the genus Alpiscorpius by KovařÍk et al. (2019). The single specimen of Kinzelbach (1982) has the trichobotrial pattern Pv = 6/6, et = 4/4 and em =3/3; these data completely match those reported by Tropea et al. (2015).

Figures

Figures 1–6: Specimens deposited in NMM including labels. Figures 1–2. Female Alpiscorpius phrygius. Figures 3–4. Juvenile Euscorpius avcii. Figures 5–6. Two males Euscorpius koci.