Scorpio wahbehi, Afifeh & Yağmur & Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024

Afifeh, Bassam Abu, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Al-Saraireh, Mohammad & Amr, Zuhair, 2024, Revision of the genus Scorpio in Jordan, with a description of a new genus and three new species (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae), Euscorpius 391, pp. 1-66 : 60

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14660305

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scientific name

Scorpio wahbehi
status

sp. n.

S. fuscus View in CoL ( Figs. 97–98 View Figures 91–98 ); e) external surface of pedipalp chela with flattened granules in S. wahbehi sp. n., whereas S. fuscus has reticular and flattened granulation; f) the average pectinal teeth numbers in S. wahbehi sp. n. is higher than in S. fuscus .

Sexual dimorphism

In both genera Scorpio and Jordanius gen. n., males differed from females as follows: a) tergites I–VI matt, completely covered with fine granules in males, but glossy and smooth in females, Sternites III–VI wrinkled medially in males, but smooth and shining in females. b) fixed finger of pedipalp chela in adult females longer than in males; fixed finger length to chela length ratios is bigger in females than in males; in Jordanius maysaraensis gen. et sp. n. 0.36–0.39 with average 0.38 in males (n=9); 0.41–0.43 with average 0.42 in females (n=12); in S. wahbehi sp. n. 0.38–0.41 with average 0.40 in males (n=6); 0.42–0.44 with average 0.43 in females (n=10); in S. jordanensis sp. n. 0.35–0.36 with average 0.35 in males (n=9); 0.39–0.42 with average 0.40 in females (n=17). c) genital operculum generally ovoidal with minor variations in males ( Figs. 359– 364 View Figures 359–370 ), whereas it is generally heart-shaped with minor variation in females ( Figs. 365–370 View Figures 359–370 ). d) dentate margin length of pecten to pecten length is longer in males than in females; dentate margin length to pecten length ratio in Jordanius maysaraensis gen. et sp. n. 0.73–0.79 with average 0.77 in males (n=12); 0.65–0.72 with average 0.69 in females (n=12); in S. wahbehi sp. n. 0.70– 0.75 with average 0.72 in males (n=5); 0.60–0.68 with average 0.64 in females (n=10); in S. jordanensis sp. n. 0.73 in the male; 0.66 in the female. e) the average pectinal teeth numbers in males is higher than in females; in Jordanius maysaraensis gen. et sp. n. 12.1 in males (30 combs, n=15), 11.0 in females (58 combs, n=29); in S. wahbehi sp. n. 12.6 in males (12 combs, n=6), 11.0 in females (22 combs, n=11); in S. jordanensis sp. n. 11.4 in males (46 combs, n=23), 10.6 in females (36 combs, n=18). f) tergite VII finely granular with moderate, pointed granules posteriorly and laterally in males ( Figs. 17 View Figures 13–20 , 87 View Figures 83–90 , 153 View Figures 149–156 , 297 View Figures 293–300 ), but smooth anteriorly, granulate posteriorly and laterally in females ( Figs. 18 View Figures 13–20 , 88 View Figures 83–90 , 154 View Figures 149–156 , 298 View Figures 293–300 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Scorpionidae

Genus

Scorpio

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