Iurinae Thorell, 1876

Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, 2012, Etudes on iurids, V. Further revision of Iurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Iuridae), with a description of a new genus and two new species, Euscorpius 143, pp. 1-70 : 13

Subfamily Iurinae Thorell, 1876

Diagnosis. Tibial spurs absent on legs III–IV; leg tarsus ventral surface with single row of densely populated spinule clusters, terminating in an enlarged pair of distal clusters. Femoral trichobothrium d located on external surface; e located slightly distal of d; chelal trichobothrium db positioned at fixed finger midpoint; Db located ventrally of external (E) carina, in line with Eb series; patellar trichobothrium i located on internal surface, adjacent to DI carina. Prepectinal plate absent in female. Stigma medium to long, slit-like in shape. Large conspicuous ventral accessory (va) denticle of cheliceral movable finger located at finger midpoint; vestigial serrula present on juveniles and subadults, essentially absent in adults. Hemispermatophore lamellar internal base lacking triangular protuberance; trunk with sclerotized bolsters. Chelal finger median denticle (MD) groups number 14–16; inner denticles (ID) 11–16; movable finger of adult males with conspicuous lobe or lobes. Patellar dorsal (DPS) and ventral (VPS) spurs strongly developed and conspicuously doubled.