Scorpiops tibetanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Euscorpiidae
Genus: Scorpiops
Species: Scorpiops tibetanus

Name

Scorpiops tibetanus Hirst, 1911: 472

Type locality: China: Tibet (Xizang), Tsangpo Valley, Chaksam Ferry.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Scorpiops atomatus Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005: 6 (synonymized by Kovařík et al., 2020: 126)
  • Type locality: China, Tibet, Lang District, 29°02’N 93°08’E (29.03°N 93.13°E).
    • Holotype: MHBU. male ♂. VI-VIII. 2004. legit Ai-Min Shi and Yi-Bin Ba.
• Scorpiops pococki Zhu, Qi & Lourenço 2005: 14 (synonymized by Kovařík et al., 2020: 126)
  • Type locality: China, Tibet, Gyaca District, 29°08’N 92°43’E.
    • Holotype: MHBU. male ♂. 22.VIII.2002. legit Ming-Sheng Zhu.

References

Primary references

• Hirst, A.S. 1911a. Descriptions of new scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(8): 462–473. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Stockmann, M. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2020. Revision of genus-group taxa in the family Scorpiopidae Kraepelin, 1905, with description of 15 new species (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Euscorpius No. 325: 1-140. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Qi, J.X., Zhu, M.S. & Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Eight new species of the genera Scorpiops Peters, Euscorpiops Vachon, and Chaerilus Simon (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Chaerilidae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China. Euscorpius 32: 1-40 Full article (PDF). Reference page.