Di Zhiyong, Xu Xiaobo, Cao Zhijian, Wu Yingliang, Li Wenxin
College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China.
Zookeys. 2013 May 17(301):51-99. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.301.4608. Print 2013.
Until now, there are 26 scorpion species of 7 genera of 5 families recorded in Xizang (China). Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet) is the scorpion biodiversity richest area in China (53 scorpion species of 12 genera of 5 families), also the highest altitude habitat of scorpions in the world. We present information of type specimens, an identification key of the scorpion species from Xizang, the distribution, updated feature pictures, and discussion on the disputed species. The redescriptions of Scorpiops jendeki Kovařík, 2000 (Yunnan) and Scorpiops tibetanus Hirst, 1911 (Xizang), comments and feature figures of species of genus Scorpiops are provided for identification.
截至目前,中国西藏已记录有5科7属26种蝎子。西藏自治区是中国蝎子生物多样性最为丰富的地区(5科12属53种蝎子),也是世界上蝎子栖息地海拔最高的地区。我们提供了模式标本信息、西藏蝎子种类的鉴定检索表、分布情况、更新后的特征图片以及对有争议物种的讨论。文中还给出了2000年描述的云南杰氏真蝎(Scorpiops jendeki Kovařík)和1911年描述的西藏真蝎(Scorpiops tibetanus Hirst)的重新描述,以及真蝎属物种的注释和特征图,以助于鉴定。