Protoiurus sp.

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 : 3

Protoiurus sp. [1 specimen]

Greece: Kasos : Stylokamara Cave ( NMNHS 96 ), 1 ♂, 6 May 1984, leg. P. Beron.

Character Analysis

We introduce new and/or enhanced character analysis in this paper which complements the analysis presented in Kovařík et al. (2010). In particular the importance and use of the hemispermatophore is discussed in detail where we have doubled the number of species considered. It is shown that the hemispermatophore structure provides information above the species level. Considerations involving the chelal movable finger lobe, which plays an important role in species differentiation, are enhanced where “linear fit lines” and “normalized ratio data” are considered. More than 270 samples have been compiled spanning all eight species. Number of chelal movable finger inner denticles (ID), morphometric ratio analysis, and pectinal tooth count tabulation also contribute to the diagnosis of species.