Review of Microbuthus with description of M. satyrus sp. n. (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Oman and Yemen

Abstract

Euscorpius is the first research publication completely devoted to scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Euscorpius takes advantage of the rapidly evolving medium of quick online publication, at the same time maintaining high research standards for the burgeoning field of scorpion science (scorpiology). Euscorpius is an expedient and viable medium for the publication of serious papers in scorpiology, including (but not limited to): systematics, evolution, ecology, biogeography, and general biology of scorpions. Review papers, descriptions of new taxa, faunistic surveys, lists of museum collections, and book reviews are welcome. Derivatio Nominis The name Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 refers to the most common genus of scorpions in the Mediterranean region and southern Europe (family Euscorpiidae).

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“…He depicted a sperm hemiduct with a '2+1' lobe configuration: i.e., two short, broad lobes (li, lobe interne = posterior lobe; le, lobe externe = anterior lobe), both simple in structure without folds or carinae, and a large, robust, hooklike basal lobe (lb, lobe basal). This was contrasted with '3+1' lobes of Buthus occitanus (Amoreux, 1789), a typical 'Buthus' group configuration (Kovařík et al, 2016c;Lowe et al, 2018), and '2+0' lobes of Babycurus buettneri Karsch, 1886 (basal lobe vestigial, reduced to a short carina, cf. Kovařík et al, 2018b: 5, fig.…”

Review of Grosphus Simon, 1880, with description of Teruelius gen. n., a new buthid genus from Madagascar (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

“…He depicted a sperm hemiduct with a '2+1' lobe configuration: i.e., two short, broad lobes (li, lobe interne = posterior lobe; le, lobe externe = anterior lobe), both simple in structure without folds or carinae, and a large, robust, hooklike basal lobe (lb, lobe basal). This was contrasted with '3+1' lobes of Buthus occitanus (Amoreux, 1789), a typical 'Buthus' group configuration (Kovařík et al, 2016c;Lowe et al, 2018), and '2+0' lobes of Babycurus buettneri Karsch, 1886 (basal lobe vestigial, reduced to a short carina, cf. Kovařík et al, 2018b: 5, fig.…”