Abstract
Sampling in the Western Himalayas of India led to the discovery of a population of the genus Liocheles Sundevall, 1833, that differes from all Indian congeners. Molecular and morphological data confirmed the distinctiveness of the population, which is here described as a new species. The new species is morphologically similar to L. longimanus (Werner, 1939), from which it differs in the arrangement of trichobothria on external patella and structure of the hemispermatophore. A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the family Hormuridae based on the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene is presented.
Recommended Citation
Bhardwaj, Virender К.; Katal, Sunil; Lalremsanga, H. T.; and Mirza, Zeeshan A.
(2026)
"A new species of Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from the Western Himalayas,"
Euscorpius: Vol. 2026:
Iss.
441, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33470/1536-9307.1478
Available at:
https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2026/iss441/1
