A new cryptic species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India

Authors

• Shauri Sulakhe
• Shubhankar Deshpande
• Nikhil Dandekar
• Makarand Ketkar
• Anand Padhye
• Deshabhushan Bastawade

Abstract

A new cryptic species of Scorpiops (Scorpiopidae) is described from northern Western Ghats of India with integrated taxonomic approach. Scorpiops telbaila sp. n. is closely related to S. tenuicauda and differs from all species of Scorpiops in morphological features and raw genetic divergence of 5.4-14.1 %.

Recommended Citation

Sulakhe, Shauri; Deshpande, Shubhankar; Dandekar, Nikhil; Ketkar, Makarand; Padhye, Anand; and Bastawade, Deshabhushan (2020) "A new cryptic species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India," Euscorpius: Vol. 2020: Iss. 327, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33470/1536-9307.1358
Available at: https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2020/iss327/1