Bioecology and Systematic of Scorpions in Southwestern Anatolia Region (Arachnida: Scorpiones)

Abstract

In this study, scorpion fauna from six provinces in the Southwestern Anatolia Region (Antalya, Aydın, Burdur, Denizli, Isparta, and Muğla) of Turkey was studied, and 11 species in 6 genera belonging to 3 families were recorded. Examined specimens were collected between May 2006 and September 2011 from several provinces of the research field in the Southwestern Anatolia Region. As a result of field trips, 342 specimens were collected. Besides, some museum materials that were previously collected were used. At the end of the studies, it was determined that Aegaeobuthus gibbosus, Anatoliurus kraepelini, Euscorpius arikani, E. avcii, E. gocmeni, E. honazicus, E. lycius, E. sultanensis, Iurus kinzelbachi, Metaiurus kadleci, and Neocalchas gruberi species are distributed in the Southwestern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Among these samples, Neocalchas gruberi species was recorded from Isparta province, Euscorpius arikani was recorded from Muğla province, E. honazicus species was recorded from Burdur province, and E. sultanensis species was recorded from Isparta province, Anatoliurus kraepelini species was recorded from Isparta and Denizli provinces for the first time. In this study, the systematic, bioecologic, and faunistic information of the determined species were presented, besides ecological and biological field trip notes