@article {9, title = {A new species of scorpion from Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia: Euscorpius gamma Caporiacco, 1950, stat. nov. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)}, journal = {Ekol{\'o}gia (Bratislava)}, volume = {19, Supplement 3}, year = {2000}, pages = {253-262}, abstract = {

Scherabon (1987) recorded for the Austrian fauna two separate forms under Euscorpius germanus (C. L. KOCH), a so-called typical (T-Form) from Tyrol and Carinthia, and a Karawanken- Form (K-Form) limited to southern Carinthia. New morphological data on animals collected in Carinthia, Italy and Slovenia, as well as genetic analyses (allozymes and mitochondrial DNA), show that the so-called K-Form is in fact a separate species belonging to the Euscorpius mingrelicus complex, a phylogenetic lineage distinct from E. germanus (C. L. KOCH). The correct name for this species is E. gamma CAPORIACCO, 1950, stat. nov. (=E. germanus histrorum CAPORIACCO, 1950). It was described from northeastern Italy and the adjacent territory of Slovenia as a subspecies of E. germanus; we fix a lectotype of this species from the Risano (now Rizana) River in northern Istria, Slovenia. E. gamma is also found in Croatia. A number of other forms of the E. mingrelicus complex are found in the Balkans and Anatolia; their status is still unclear. We also fix a neotype of Euscorpius mingrelicus (KESSLER, 1874) from Batumi, Georgia (Caucasus).

}, author = {B. Scherabon and B. Gantenbein and V. Fet and M. Barker and M. Kuntner and C. Kropf and D. Huber} } @article {8, title = {The Euscorpius tergestinus (C.L.Koch, 1837) complex in Italy: biometrics of sympatric hidden species (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)}, journal = { Zoologischer Anzeiger}, volume = { 244(2)}, year = {2005}, month = {2005}, pages = {97{\textendash}114}, author = {V. Vignoli and N. Salomone and T. Caruso and F. Bernini} } @article {4, title = {Reconsideration of the Taxonomy of Euscorpius tergestinus (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)}, journal = {Euscorpius}, volume = {162}, year = {2013}, pages = {1-23}, abstract = {

After the revision of Fet \& Soleglad (2002), Euscorpius tergestinus (C. L. Koch, 1837) was considered a polymorphic species widespread from France to Croatia. In this study, we reconsidered the taxonomy of E. tergestinus s.str. based on morphological and genetic evidence, its range, and its original description. Euscorpius aquilejensis (C. L. Koch, 1837), stat. nov., previously synonymous with E. tergestinus, is elevated to species status herein. A preliminary phylogenetic analysis based on available GenBank 16S rDNA data shows a separate, basal position of\  E. aquilejensis and some other Euscorpius species, which implies that the subgenus Euscorpius s.str. is paraphyletic.

}, author = {G. Tropea} } @article {3, title = {A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Italy}, journal = {Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society}, volume = {15 (8)}, year = {2012}, month = {2012}, pages = {253{\textendash}259}, abstract = {

A new species of the genus Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 is described based on specimens collected at the locality Celano (AQ), Abruzzo, central Italy. It is characterized by a peculiar trichobothrial pattern (eba = 5-5 + eb = 4-4), a large number of pectine teeth, and a general colouration which is dark brownish, with legs and telson yellowish. With the description of this new species a new trichobothrial pattern is described. The number of Euscorpius species in Italy is thus raised to ten, and the number of species in the subgenus Euscorpius to five.

}, author = {G. Tropea} }