A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeysA new 281: 91–105species (2013)of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876( Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Marmara Region... 91 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.281.4732 RESEARCH articLE www.zookeys.org Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Marmara Region of Turkey Ersen Aydın Yağmur1,†, Gioele Tropea2,‡ 1 Alaşehir Vocational School, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey 2 Società Romana di Scienze Naturali, Rome, Italy † urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:8DB0B243-5B2F-4428-B457-035A8274500C ‡ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:92001B12-00FF-4472-A60D-3B262CEF5E20 Corresponding author: Ersen Aydın Yağmur (
[email protected]) Academic editor: W. Lourenço | Received 21 January 2013 | Accepted 6 March 2013 | Published 28 March 2013 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A755CE51-443F-4C7E-84BF-4F0D546653E0 Citation: Yağmur EA, Tropea G (2013) A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Marmara Region of Turkey. ZooKeys 281: 91–105. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.281.4732 Abstract A new species of the genus Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 is described based on specimens collected from Bursa Province, in Marmara Region of Turkey. It is characterized by a mesotrichous trichobothrial pattern (Pv= 8, et= 6, em=4, eb= 4), medium size and light coloration. Euscorpius (Euscorpius) rahsenae sp. n. is the second species of the subgenus Euscorpius recognized in Turkey. Keywords Scorpion, Euscorpius, new species, Turkey Introduction The genusEuscorpius Thorell, 1876 is one of the most studied taxa of scorpions, how- ever, because of its complexity, its taxonomy continuously changes and is not com- pletely clear, especially in the Balkans, Turkey and in Western Europe.