Euscorpius avcii Tropea, Yağmur, Koç, Yeşilyurt

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 : 3

Euscorpius avcii Tropea, Yağmur, Koç, Yeşilyurt

& Rossi, 2012 ( Figures 3–4 )

Euscorpius carpathicus: Kinzelbach, 1982: 61 (in part).

Euscorpius sp. (“ carpathicus complex”) aff. E. carpathicus subgroup A1: Koç & Yağmur, 2007: 56.

Euscorpius avcii Tropea et al., 2012: 65 , figs. 1–6; Parmakelis et al., 2013: 1; Fet et al., 2016: 6; Tropea et al., 2017: 633; Fet et al., 2018: 131.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Turkey, İzmir Province, Selçuk District, Efes (=Ephesos) Ruins , 37°56'08"N 27°20'44"E, 48 m a. s. l., 05 March 1977, 1 juv., leg. R. Kinzelbach (NMM/0264) .

TRICHOBOTHRIAL AND PECTINAL TOOTH VARIATION.

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

Pectinal teeth: 6/7 (1).

Pedipalp patella trichobothria Pv: 7/7.

Pedipalp patella trichobothria Pe: et = 5/5; est = 4/4; em 4/4; esb = 2/2; eb a = 4/4; eb = 4/4.

COMMENTS. Euscorpius avcii was described by Tropea et al. (2012) from Dilek Peninsula (Aydın Province, Turkey). Subsequently, Parmakelis et al. (2013) recorded this species from Samos Island ( Greece). Phylogenetically, it is a part of the “ Euscorpius tauricus ” complex, which also includes the East Aegean species E. amorgensis , E. tauricus , E. curcici , and E. vignai ( Tropea et al., 2017; Fet et al., 2018).

E. avcii is characterized by the trichobotrial pattern Pv =7, et =5 to 6. Kinzelbach (1982) recorded a juvenile specimen from the Efes Ruins, identified as E. carpathicus . The specimen has Pv =7/7 and et =5/5 and completely matches the data reported by Tropea et al. (2012) for E. avcii . The Efes Ruins are very close to the Dilek Peninsula that has the closest Euscorpius population to Efes. The easternmost locality of E. avcii is 2 km south of Davutlar Town (Kuşadası District, Aydın Province), 25 km from the Efes Ruins.

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.