The scorpions of Yunnan (China): updated identification key, new record and redescriptions of Euscorpiops kubani and E. shidian (Arachnida, Scorpiones)

Zookeys. 2011 Feb 23:(82):1-33. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.82.715.

Abstract

We present an identification key to the scorpion species of Yunnan (China) with notes on the distribution and ecology. Euscorpiops kubani is recorded for the first time for China. The redescriptions of Euscorpiops shidian and Euscorpiops kubani are provided. The number of known scorpion species from Yunnan is raised to nine.

Keywords: Buthidae; China; Euscorpiidae; Yunnan; new record; redescriptions; taxonomy.