Abstract
A new species, Scorpiops ingens sp. n., from Xizang, is described and illustrated. Scorpiops ingens sp. n. is characterized by yellow-brown color, large size (length of adults above 70.0 mm), small and dense granules on tegument, a pair of small median eyes, 17 external trichobothria (5 eb, 2 esb, 2 em, 4 est, 4 et), and 7 or 8 (usually 7) ventral trichobothria in the pedipalp patella, chela with a length/width ratio average of 2.2 in males and females, pedipalp chela fingers on adult females and males scalloped, pectinal teeth count 6–8, pectinal fulcra absent. With the description of this new species, the number of known species of Scorpiops from China is raised to 12. An updated identification key to Scorpiops from China is presented.
Highlights
Research materials have been deposited in the Specimen Room of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (USTC)
In accordance with the grouping of species proposed by Kovařík (2000) for the genus Scorpiops, the new species, which has 7 trichobothria on the ventral surface of the patella, has to be placed in the S. hardwickii “complex” group
The new species differs from other members of the group in having yellow-brown color, larger size, small and dense granules on the tegument, a pair of small median eyes and a lofty median ocular tubercle
Summary
N. Dorsal and ventral habitus: 1–2 Male holotype (Ar.-USTC-XZLS1401) 3–4 Female paratype (Ar.-USTC-XZLS1402). In accordance with the grouping of species proposed by Kovařík (2000) for the genus Scorpiops, the new species, which has 7 (rarely 8) trichobothria on the ventral surface of the patella, has to be placed in the S. hardwickii “complex” group. The new species differs from other members of the group in having yellow-brown color, larger size (length of adults above 70.0 mm), small and dense granules on the tegument, a pair of small median eyes and a lofty median ocular tubercle. Carapace yellow-brown with unconspicuous dark stripe (Figs 5, 7), median and lateral ocular tubercles black.
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