Protoiurus asiaticus ( Birula, 1903 ) Soleglad & Fet & Kovařík & Yağmur, 2012

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 : 17

Protoiurus asiaticus ( Birula, 1903) , comb. nov.

P. kadleci (Kovařík, Fet, Soleglad et Yağmur, 2010) , comb. nov.

P. kraepelini (von Ubisch, 1922) , comb. nov.

P. rhodiensis sp. nov.

P. stathiae sp. nov.

Notes. Species found on the Aegean islands of Kasos (Fet, 2000) and Saria ( Kinzelbach, 1982), judging from their geographic position close to Karpathos, probably belong to Protoiurus stathiae . A single Kasos specimen available for our study was a juvenile, and could not be confidently classified. We did not examine Saria specimens. Records from Kos and Leros ( Kinzelbach, 1975) are not confirmed.

Diagnosis. Hemispermatophore type 1: lamina short to medium, 0.9 to 1.2 times longer than trunk; distal lamina edges tapered, ending in a pointed terminus; distal lamina 1.4 to 3.1 times longer than basal lamina; acuminate process angle with dorsal trough greater than 60 degrees; transverse bolters absent on trunk. Chelal movable finger lobe situated at or distal of finger midpoint in adult males; number of inner denticles (ID) on chelal movable finger 11–14 (12.785). Pectinal tooth count range (based on the means of five species) 10.70– 12.93 for males and 9.48–11.48 for females.