REDESCRIPTION OF EUSCORPIUS TAURICUS (C.L. KOCH, 1837), WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW RELATED SPECIES FROM GREECE (SCORPIONES: EUSCORPIIDAE)
Journal: Ecologica Montenegrina
Year: 2017

Euscorpius tauricus (C. L. Koch, 1837) was previously known only from the Crimea Peninsula, Ukraine. We report an unexpected presence of this species in the Cyclades Islands (Greece) and northwestern Anatolia (Turkey). In addition we designate a neotype for this species. We synonymize Euscorpius carpathicus aegaeus Di Caporiacco, 1950 syn. n., from Antiparos Island and Euscorpius rahsenae Yağmur et Tropea, 2013 syn. n., from Anatolia, with E. tauricus. In addition, we describe two new species re