title: Scorpiopsingens sp. n. and an updated key to the Scorpiops from China (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae).
abstract: A new species, Scorpiopsingens sp. n., from Xizang, is described and illustrated. Scorpiopsingens sp. n. is characterized by yellow-brown color, large size (length of adults above 70.0 mm), small and dense granules on tegument, a pair of small median eyes, 17 external trichobothria (5 eb, 2 esb, 2 em, 4 est, 4 et), and 7 or 8 (usually 7) ventral trichobothria in the pedipalp patella, chela with a length/width ratio average of 2.2 in males and females, pedipalp chela fingers on adult females and males scalloped, pectinal teeth count 6-8, pectinal fulcra absent. With the description of this new species, the number of known species of Scorpiops from China is raised to 12. An updated identification key to Scorpiops from China is presented.
authors.affiliation: College of pharmacy, South Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shijin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Tangshan Normal University, Tangshan 063000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yunfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plateau Ecology, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College of Tibet University, Linzhi 860000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhaohui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shaobin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Di
keywords: China; Euscorpiidae; Scorpiops; Xizang; scorpion