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The chaerilid scorpions of China (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae)

2008; Q15088586; Volume: 1943; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11646/zootaxa.1943.1.3

1175-5334

Ming-Sheng Zhu, Guangxin Han, Wilson R. Lourenço,

Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Four species of scorpions belonging to the genus Chaerilus Simon, 1877 are registered from the Xizang (Tibet) Region of China. We provide redescriptions for C. tessellatus Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005 and C. triznai Kovařík, 2000. We also point out that C. pictus (Pocock, 1890) which was described by Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005 was misidentified by those authors. C. pictus (Pocock, 1890) is of doubtful distribution in China. In this paper we describe one new species to science: Chaerilus conchiformus sp. nov. and provide an identification key to the Chinese species of Chaerilus.