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A New Species Of Coelotes Blackwall, 1841 (Araneae: Agelenidae) From Turkey, Tarik Danişman, Kübra Ceren Karanfi̇l, İlhan Coşar
A New Species Of Coelotes Blackwall, 1841 (Araneae: Agelenidae) From Turkey, Tarik Danişman, Kübra Ceren Karanfi̇l, İlhan Coşar
Turkish Journal of Zoology
The species Coelotes sinopensis sp.n. İs described from Sinop Province, Turkey. Differences between the new species and related species are discussed.
Spatiotemporal Distribution, Abundance, And Species-Environment Relationships Of Scyphozoa (Cnidaria) Species In Hisarönü, Marmaris, And Fethiye Bays (Muğla, Turkey), Nurçi̇n Gülşahi̇n, Ahmet Nuri̇ Tarkan, Ali̇ Serhan Tarkan
Spatiotemporal Distribution, Abundance, And Species-Environment Relationships Of Scyphozoa (Cnidaria) Species In Hisarönü, Marmaris, And Fethiye Bays (Muğla, Turkey), Nurçi̇n Gülşahi̇n, Ahmet Nuri̇ Tarkan, Ali̇ Serhan Tarkan
Turkish Journal of Zoology
This study was undertaken monthly between September 2011 and October 2012 at 10 stations in Hisarönü, Marmaris, and Fethiye bays of Muğla Province with the aim of examining spatiotemporal patterns of distribution, abundances, and environmental associations of Scyphozoa species. Temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll-a values were measured both on the surface and at a depth of 20 m. Scyphozoa species were sampled by observation and counting from a boat and by diving. Mean temperatures of the sampling stations were between 20.08 and 21.26 °C. Salinity and chlorophyll-a concentrations showed typical Mediterranean features in the bays. Three Scyphozoa species, Aurelia …
Heavy Metal (Cadmium, Lead, And Chromium) Contamination Infarmed Fish: A Potential Risk For Consumers' Health, Anser Chatta, Muhammad Khan, Zahid Mirza, Asif Ali
Heavy Metal (Cadmium, Lead, And Chromium) Contamination Infarmed Fish: A Potential Risk For Consumers' Health, Anser Chatta, Muhammad Khan, Zahid Mirza, Asif Ali
Turkish Journal of Zoology
To assess heavy metal loads in cultured fish, four farmed carp fish species were sampled from a fish farming cluster at the Head Qadirabad area. Samples were randomly collected from fish farms and a local fish market and analyzed for three nonessential heavy metals, cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), and lead (Pb), at Fish Quality Control Labs Manawan, Lahore, Pakistan. All three tested metals were found in all samples of selected fish species. The highest accumulation among heavy metals in farmed carps was recorded for Pb (0.3316 ± 0.0143 μg g-1), followed by Cr (0.0488 ± 0.0063 μg g-1) and Cd …
Limoniidae (Diptera) Fauna Of The Marmara Region With 23 New Records For Turkey, Hasan Koç, Okan Özgül, Abdullah Hasbenli̇
Limoniidae (Diptera) Fauna Of The Marmara Region With 23 New Records For Turkey, Hasan Koç, Okan Özgül, Abdullah Hasbenli̇
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Ninety-five limoniid taxa have been reported to occur in Turkey. This study, conducted from June 2008 to April 2011, was aimed at describing the Limoniidae (Diptera) fauna in the Marmara region of Turkey. Twenty-three Limoniidae taxa were recorded for the first time for the Turkish fauna. These species are: Crypteria (s. Str.) limnophiloides Bergroth, 1913; Ellipteroides (Protogonomyia) alboscutellatus (von Roser, 1840); Erioptera (s. Str.) tenuirama Savchenko, 1972; Gnophomyia lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1838); Gonomyia (s. Str.) tenella (Meigen, 1818); Molophilus (s. Str.) directidens Stary, 1976; Molophilus (s. Str.) lackschewitzianus lackschewitzianus Alexander, 1953; M. (s. Str.) serpentiger Edwards, 1938; Ormosia (s. Str.) furcata …
Five New Records Of The Genus Trombidium (Actinotrichida: Trombidiidae)From Northeastern Turkey, Sevgi̇ Sevsay, Sezai̇ Adi̇l, İbrahi̇m Karakurt, Evren Buğa, Ebru Akman
Five New Records Of The Genus Trombidium (Actinotrichida: Trombidiidae)From Northeastern Turkey, Sevgi̇ Sevsay, Sezai̇ Adi̇l, İbrahi̇m Karakurt, Evren Buğa, Ebru Akman
Turkish Journal of Zoology
This faunistic survey was carried out on the genus Trombidium, collected from northeastern Turkey in 2009-2014. Previously, only one species of Trombidium had been reported from Turkey. Five species of the genus Trombidium were identified and original drawings based on the collected materials were made. These species are new records for the Turkish mite fauna. An identification key to the adult Turkish species of Trombidium is also provided.
Rotifera And Cladocera Fauna Of Several Lakes From The Central Anatolia,Marmara, And Western Black Sea Regions Of Turkey, Mehmet Borga Ergönül, Sercan Erdoğan, Ahmet Altindağ, Si̇bel Atasağun
Rotifera And Cladocera Fauna Of Several Lakes From The Central Anatolia,Marmara, And Western Black Sea Regions Of Turkey, Mehmet Borga Ergönül, Sercan Erdoğan, Ahmet Altindağ, Si̇bel Atasağun
Turkish Journal of Zoology
In this study a total of 18 lakes from the Central Anatolia, Marmara, and Western Black Sea regions of Turkey were investigated along with their physicochemical parameters. Thirty-six species of Rotifera and 6 species of Cladocera were recorded. Keratella tecta, K. cochlearis, Polyarthra dolichoptera, and P. vulgaris were the most common Rotifera species and Bosmina longirostris was the most common Cladocera species among the sampling stations. The Brachionus/Trichocerca (QB/T) index was also calculated where applicable. The depth of the water bodies ranged between 2.5 and 62 m, Secchi depth between 0.1 and 6.2 m, water temperature between 19.1 and 29.1 …
Faunistic And Zoogeographical Composition And Preliminary Evaluations Of Some Ecological Features Of The Subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Ofthe Central Anatolian Region Of Turkey, Senem Firat, Osman Sert
Faunistic And Zoogeographical Composition And Preliminary Evaluations Of Some Ecological Features Of The Subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Ofthe Central Anatolian Region Of Turkey, Senem Firat, Osman Sert
Turkish Journal of Zoology
The focus of this study is to provide the faunistic, ecological, and zoogeographical status of Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) fauna of the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey. The study material comprises specimens collected from field studies between 2009 and 2012 and also specimens that were previously collected by other researchers. In total, 90 taxa of 26 genera belonging to 3 tribes of Staphylininae were recorded. Number of specimens, collection habitats and methods, months, and altitudes are given in a table and figures for collected species. Distributions of species in other regions of Turkey and zoogeographical regions are also given in the …
A New Genus And New Species (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) From India, Hirdesh Kumar, Mohd Kamil Usmani
A New Genus And New Species (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) From India, Hirdesh Kumar, Mohd Kamil Usmani
Turkish Journal of Zoology
A new genus of Oedipodinae, Chinabacris Kumar and Usmani gen. N. (type species Chinabacris trisulcata Kumar and Usmani sp. N.), is described and illustrated from India. The description was based on both conventional morphological and genitalic characters. The identifying features of the new genus are the dorso-ventrally compressed body and median carina of pronotum crossed by three transverse sulci. A key to the Indian genera of the subfamily edipodinae is also provided.
Karyology Of Mullus Barbatus (Pisces, Perciformes) From The Mediterranean Basin, Denis Prazdnikov
Karyology Of Mullus Barbatus (Pisces, Perciformes) From The Mediterranean Basin, Denis Prazdnikov
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Data on karyotypes of Mullus barbatus from the Black Sea (Taman Peninsula, Russia) are presented. Chromosome preparations were made using cells of the anterior parts of the kidney and thymus. The karyotype of the population under study consisted of 44 diploid chromosomes with fundamental arm number 52. The chromosomal divergences in fishes with similar ecology and geographical distribution to that of M. Barbatus are discussed.
Current Invasions Of East Asian Cyclopoids (Copepoda, Cyclopoida)In Europe: New Records From Eastern Ukraine, Elena Anufriieva, Nickolai Shadrin
Current Invasions Of East Asian Cyclopoids (Copepoda, Cyclopoida)In Europe: New Records From Eastern Ukraine, Elena Anufriieva, Nickolai Shadrin
Turkish Journal of Zoology
The East Asian freshwater cyclopoid copepods Mesocyclops pehpeiensis (Hu, 1943) and Eucyclops roseus Ishida, 1997, which are new for Europe, were recorded from samples collected in the water bodies of the city of Lugansk, eastern Ukraine. In 2012 the same species of cyclopoids, new or rare for Europe, were found in Crimean ponds where there is no human agency that could lead to introductions of alien species. Long-distance transportation by birds, probably, is the more plausible explanation for their appearance in Lugansk. These alien species were found in newly formed water bodies without stable communities, which may serve as a …
A New Species Of Athripsodes From The Southwest Of The Iberian Peninsula (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae), Luis Martín González, Marcos Gonzalez, Jesus Martínez
A New Species Of Athripsodes From The Southwest Of The Iberian Peninsula (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae), Luis Martín González, Marcos Gonzalez, Jesus Martínez
Turkish Journal of Zoology
A new species of the genus Athripsodes from the Iberian Peninsula is described and illustrated: Athripsodes alentexanus sp. Nov. Adults of the new species are close to those of A. Taounate Dakki and Malicky, 1980 and A. Ygramul Malicky and Lounaci, 1987, but the shape of their inferior appendages provides the most striking distinction between males of these three species.
Nesting Activity Of Sea Turtles, Caretta Caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) And Chelonia Mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia, Cheloniidae), At Patara Beach (Antalya, Turkey) Over Four Nesting Seasons, Kurtuluş Olgun, Emi̇n Bozkurt, Süleyman Ceylan, Mehmet Tural, Serdar Özcan, Kazim Şahi̇n Karasüleymanoğlu, Yusuf Geroğlu
Nesting Activity Of Sea Turtles, Caretta Caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) And Chelonia Mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia, Cheloniidae), At Patara Beach (Antalya, Turkey) Over Four Nesting Seasons, Kurtuluş Olgun, Emi̇n Bozkurt, Süleyman Ceylan, Mehmet Tural, Serdar Özcan, Kazim Şahi̇n Karasüleymanoğlu, Yusuf Geroğlu
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Patara Beach is one of the most important nesting beaches in Turkey for Caretta caretta. In this paper, we provide information on the nesting activity, spatial and temporal distribution of nesting, nesting and hatching success, nesting density, incubation duration, clutch size, and predation ratio of sea turtles over four nesting periods, namely 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014. An average of 179.75 nests were recorded per year, and the overall nesting density was 15.50 nests/km while 68.20 loggerhead sea turtle eggs were recorded per nest. The hatching success was 44.05% from these counted eggs and 38.04% of hatchlings were able to …
First Record Of The Invasive Vinegar Fly Drosophila Suzukii (Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) From Eastern Turkey, Alper Orhan, Rafet Aslantaş, Banu Şebnem Önder, Göksel Tozlu
First Record Of The Invasive Vinegar Fly Drosophila Suzukii (Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) From Eastern Turkey, Alper Orhan, Rafet Aslantaş, Banu Şebnem Önder, Göksel Tozlu
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is native to East Asia and invasive on the European and American continents. The first records in both Europe and the United States were in 2008. Since that year, it has widely moved across these continents. As D. Suzukii females lay eggs in healthy ripening fruits of several species, particularly in small soft fruits and berries, the species causes agricultural damage. The soft thin-skinned fruit pest, identified as D. Suzukii, has been found in Erzurum, Turkey, where damaged strawberry crops were observed and cultured in the middle of August and September 2014. Initially, 2 …
Impact Of Dike Age On Biodiversity And Functional Composition Of Soilmacrofaunal Communities In Poplar Forests In A Reclaimed Coastal Area, Baoming Ge, Daizhen Zhang, Jun Cui, Senhao Jiang, Xuehong Tong, Chunlin Zhou, Boping Tang
Impact Of Dike Age On Biodiversity And Functional Composition Of Soilmacrofaunal Communities In Poplar Forests In A Reclaimed Coastal Area, Baoming Ge, Daizhen Zhang, Jun Cui, Senhao Jiang, Xuehong Tong, Chunlin Zhou, Boping Tang
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Four patches of poplar forest with different dike histories (about 30 to 200 years) were selected from the coastal area of Yancheng, China, for detecting the effect of dike age on soil macrofauna. A total of 825 individuals belonging to 21 taxonomic groups were collected. Omnivorous, phytophagous, predaceous, and saprophagous groups were classified on the basis of diet. Higher biodiversity values were observed in the forests with longer dike histories (100 and 200 years) than in those with shorter dike histories (30 and 50 years). By principal coordinate analysis, the soil macrofaunal communities from the forests were distinguished as three …
Biodiversity And Population Dynamics Of Litter-Dwelling Cockroaches Inbelezma National Park (Algeria), Imane Azoui, Naama Frah, Waffa Habbachi, Mohamed Laid Ouakid, Billal Nia
Biodiversity And Population Dynamics Of Litter-Dwelling Cockroaches Inbelezma National Park (Algeria), Imane Azoui, Naama Frah, Waffa Habbachi, Mohamed Laid Ouakid, Billal Nia
Turkish Journal of Zoology
This study aims to investigate the diversity, population dynamics, and distribution of forest cockroaches from the litter of three types of Mediterranean forests (Pinus halepensis, Juniperus phoenicea, Quercus ilex) in Belezma National Park (Northeast Algeria). In every type of forest, blattopteran individuals were hand-collected fortnightly from March 2013 to July 2014. Population dynamics were tested by multivariate analysis of variance for forest types and study months. The capture of 1885 individual forest cockroaches allowed the identification of six species (Loboptera angulata, Dziriblatta stenoptera, Phyllodromica subaptera, Phyllodromica zebra, Phyllodromica cincticollis, and Phyllodromica trivittata). In all studied forests, these species produced two …
Distribution Patterns And Habitat Suitability For Three Species Ofthe Genus Hyla Laurenti, 1768 In The Western Palearctic, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani, Sahar Javaheri Tehrani, Behnoush Moodi, Serkan Gül
Distribution Patterns And Habitat Suitability For Three Species Ofthe Genus Hyla Laurenti, 1768 In The Western Palearctic, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani, Sahar Javaheri Tehrani, Behnoush Moodi, Serkan Gül
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Hyla is one of the genera in the family Hylidae that is distributed in the Old World. Three tree frog species of this genus are distributed in Eurasia and especially inhabit semiaquatic regions. Several studies were conducted on the genus with different methodologies to delimit the species level. In the present study, we modeled the potential distribution areas for three frogs (Hyla orientalis, Hyla savignyi, and Hyla felixarabica) to determine the suitable habitat of each species separately. Models of all three species had a good fit as indicated by the high area under the curve (AUC) values (H. Orientalis = …
Ensemble Distribution Modeling Of The Mesopotamian Spiny-Tailed Lizard, Saara Loricata (Blanford, 1874), In Iran: An Insight Into The Impact Of Climate Change, Anooshe Kafash, Mohammad Kaboli, Gunther Koehler, Masoud Yousefi, Atefe Asadi
Ensemble Distribution Modeling Of The Mesopotamian Spiny-Tailed Lizard, Saara Loricata (Blanford, 1874), In Iran: An Insight Into The Impact Of Climate Change, Anooshe Kafash, Mohammad Kaboli, Gunther Koehler, Masoud Yousefi, Atefe Asadi
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Modeling the distribution patterns of species is a generally efficient tool for understanding their ecological characteristics. In this study, we used the ensemble predictions of the best performing models in order to project the probability of the Mesopotamian spiny-tailed lizard's presence in southwestern Iran. The models used in our study showed that two of the variables had the highest importance in describing the distribution of this species. These two were the annual mean temperature and the maximum temperature in the warmest month of the year. All of the models used in this study reached AUC values of above 0.9 (RF …
Monitoring The Survival Rate Of Released Chukars: A Case Study Inelmalı Cedar Forest, Antalya, Turkey, Hali̇l İbrahi̇m Yolcu, Azi̇z Aslan, Ayhan Serttaş, Hali̇l Saribaşak, Hasan Uysal, Abdurrahman Çobanoğlu
Monitoring The Survival Rate Of Released Chukars: A Case Study Inelmalı Cedar Forest, Antalya, Turkey, Hali̇l İbrahi̇m Yolcu, Azi̇z Aslan, Ayhan Serttaş, Hali̇l Saribaşak, Hasan Uysal, Abdurrahman Çobanoğlu
Turkish Journal of Zoology
In this study, 50 female and 50 male 5-month-old captive-bred chukar partridges (Alectoris chukar) were released in 2012 into nature and monitored in the Çamkuyular Cedar Research Forest, Elmalı, Antalya. All individuals were tagged with colored leg tags and 15 also had radio transmitters attached. Over 4 months, the chukars were hunted by their natural predators, with the last dead bird found in January 2013. Of the 33 dead birds, 60.6% (n: 20) had been killed by large mammals and 39.4% (n: 13) by predatory birds. This study indicates that chukars produced in captivity are unable to successfully adapt to …
What’S The Common Sense Of Just Some Improvement Of Some Welfare For Some Animals?, Liv Baker
What’S The Common Sense Of Just Some Improvement Of Some Welfare For Some Animals?, Liv Baker
Animal Sentience
The goal of Animal Welfare Science to reduce animal suffering is commendable but too modest: Suffering animals need and deserve far more.
Pain In Parallel, Peter Godfrey-Smith
Pain In Parallel, Peter Godfrey-Smith
Animal Sentience
Key's (2016) arguments against the view that fish feel pain can be shown to be fallacious by considering some damage-related behaviors in invertebrates. Pain may have different neural bases in different organisms, so the absence in fish of the cortical structures that might underlie pain in mammals does not settle the question of fish pain.
Nonverbal Indicators Of Pain, Simon Van Rysewyk
Nonverbal Indicators Of Pain, Simon Van Rysewyk
Animal Sentience
In discussing fish pain, Key (2016) privileges pain in humans — “the only species able to directly report on its feelings.” Human experience of pain is not necessarily best reflected by verbal self-report, however. Neural responses to noxious stimuli are influenced by individual differences and by context. Nonverbal pain displays such as facial expressions reflect part of the neural response to noxious stimuli. Most mammals have a specific facial grimace reflecting pain. If fish have a somatic expression of pain, the development of a reliable and accurate somatic pain scale specific to fish could make a contribution to the debate …
Spinning Our Wheels And Deepening The Divide: Call For An Evidence-Based Approach To The Fish Pain Debate, Steven J. Cooke
Spinning Our Wheels And Deepening The Divide: Call For An Evidence-Based Approach To The Fish Pain Debate, Steven J. Cooke
Animal Sentience
There is vigorous ongoing debate about whether fish feel pain and have the capacity to suffer. The body of literature dedicated to the topic is increasing but what is particularly problematic is that the majority of the contributions represent opinion pieces and thus fall within the realm of advocacy. Many of the empirical research papers purporting that fish do or do not feel pain have problems with cavalier use of definitions, poor experimental design, or statistical/technical issues and tend to include advocacy statements in their interpretations. Rather than continuing to spin our wheels and deepen the divide, I would advocate …
Galápagos Sea Lion (Zalophus Wollekaeki) Play Behaviors On San Cristóbal Island, Ecuador, Mary Ann Kincer
Galápagos Sea Lion (Zalophus Wollekaeki) Play Behaviors On San Cristóbal Island, Ecuador, Mary Ann Kincer
Online Theses and Dissertations
My thesis concerns observations of play activities from videotapes of Galápagos sea lions on San Cristóbal Island from mid-summer of 2008. I begin with a discussion of ideas about play and types of play, elaborate the conceptual system of projects and routines in play, and provide a brief description of sea lion taxonomy and forms of play specific to Galápagos sea lions. Observing approximately 713 minutes of videotapes, I coded approximately 161.5 minutes of play projects and routines. Of the 713 minutes, 241 minutes were used in training, and 472 were coded independently by two coders for reliability. The two …
Using Detection Dogs And Rspf Models To Assess Habitat Suitability For Bears In Greater Yellowstone, Jon P. Beckmann, Lisette P. Waits, Aimee Hurt, Alice Whitelaw, Scott Bergen
Using Detection Dogs And Rspf Models To Assess Habitat Suitability For Bears In Greater Yellowstone, Jon P. Beckmann, Lisette P. Waits, Aimee Hurt, Alice Whitelaw, Scott Bergen
Western North American Naturalist
In the northern U.S. Rockies, including the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), connectivity is a concern because large carnivores have difficulties dispersing successfully between protected areas. One area of high conservation value because of its importance for connecting the GYE to wilderness areas of central Idaho is the Centennial Mountains and surrounding valleys (2500 km2) along the Idaho–Montana border just west of Yellowstone National Park. The current expansion of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) and other large carnivore populations outside protected areas of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park has placed a greater emphasis on potential linkage zones …
Vestigial Serrula In Scorpion Genera Paravaejovis, , Smeringurus And Vejovoidus (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), Victor Fet, Michael E. Soleglad, Michael S. Brewer, David P. A. Neff, Michael L. Norton
Vestigial Serrula In Scorpion Genera Paravaejovis, , Smeringurus And Vejovoidus (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), Victor Fet, Michael E. Soleglad, Michael S. Brewer, David P. A. Neff, Michael L. Norton
Euscorpius
The presence of vestigial serrula on the ventral edge of the cheliceral movable finger is established for vaejovid genera Paravaejovis, Paruroctonus, Smeringurus, and Vejovoidus. Detailed descriptions and SEM images illustrating the various manifestations of this interesting cheliceral structure are provided for many species of these four genera. A brief systematic overview of this structure as it exists in Recent scorpions is also presented.
Serrula In Retrospect: A Historical Look At Scorpion Literature (Scorpiones: Orthosterni), Matthew R. Graham, Victor Fet
Serrula In Retrospect: A Historical Look At Scorpion Literature (Scorpiones: Orthosterni), Matthew R. Graham, Victor Fet
Euscorpius
Serrula, a small comb-like structure on the ventral aspect of cheliceral movable finger in scorpions, has often been overlooked or ignored. Scorpion genera that are currently known to possess serrula belong to six families: Chactidae, Euscorpiidae, Iuridae, Pseudochactidae, Superstitioniidae, and Vaejovidae. All relevant literature on scorpion serrula is reviewed, and serrula of representative scorpion taxa is illustrated by SEM images. We suggest that the inconsistency in reporting serrula is based on several factors (or combination thereof): (a) serrula tines can quite often be broken off partially or completely, especially in adults; (b) serrula can be vestigial and hardly visible under …
On The Poorly Known Genus Mesotityus González-Sponga, 1981 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Luis F. De Armas, Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic
On The Poorly Known Genus Mesotityus González-Sponga, 1981 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Luis F. De Armas, Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic
Euscorpius
Examination of new available material (18 females and six males) of the rare Venezuelan scorpion Mesotityus vondangeli González-Sponga, 1981 (Buthidae) demonstrated that there are consistent taxonomic characters to consider it as a genus different from Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836 sensu stricto. Nevertheless, it shares important characters with species of the Tityus clathratus group (=subgenus Archaeotityus Lourenço, 2006). An emended diagnosis of Mesotityus is given, as well as data on natural history, meristic and morphometric variation.
Taxonomic Position Of The Genus Sassanidotus Farzanpay, 1987 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), František Kovařík, Victor Fet
Taxonomic Position Of The Genus Sassanidotus Farzanpay, 1987 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), František Kovařík, Victor Fet
Euscorpius
Sassanidotus Farzanpay, 1987 is a valid genus closely related to Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949, with which it shares most characters including the shape of carinae on the carapace and mesosoma. The main difference is that Sassanidotus has only three granules located proximally to the terminal granule on the movable finger of pedipalp, whereas Compsobuthus and also Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950 have four such granules. Sassanidotus Farzanpay, 1987 includes two species, Sassanidotus zarudnyi (Birula, 1900) (type species) from Iran and Sassanidotus gracilis thus zarudnyi sarghadensis Birula, 1903, syn. n.) from Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. The neotype is designated for S. zarudnyi.
Redescription And Lectotype Designation Of Vaejovis Lapidicola Stahnke, 1940 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), Matthew R. Graham
Redescription And Lectotype Designation Of Vaejovis Lapidicola Stahnke, 1940 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), Matthew R. Graham
Euscorpius
The original description of the Arizona scorpion species Vaejovis lapidicola Stahnke, 1940 consists of a single paragraph. Furthermore, a holotype for this species was never designated. To remedy this, two syntypes of V. lapidicola were obtained for study. A male syntype is redescribed and designated the lectotype, and a female is assigned as a paralectotype. The taxonomic status of V. lapidicola is also confirmed.
Laterobasal Aculear Serrations (Las) In Scorpion Family Vaejovidae (Scorpiones: Chactoidea), Victor Fet, Michael E. Soleglad, Michael S. Brewer
Laterobasal Aculear Serrations (Las) In Scorpion Family Vaejovidae (Scorpiones: Chactoidea), Victor Fet, Michael E. Soleglad, Michael S. Brewer
Euscorpius
The discovery of a new structure on the laterobasal aspect of the telson aculeus is described here for the first time. This structure, termed the laterobasal aculear serrations (LAS), is a row of minute denticles located on each side of the aculeus base, found exclusively in scorpion family Vaejovidae, thus potentially providing a new synapomorphy for this New World family. The LAS structure of major representative vaejovid genera and Vaejovis groups is illustrated with SEM micrographs. Also provided is a comprehensive list of non-vaejovid Recent scorpion genera examined where the LAS structure was found to be absent.