The monophyletic New World buthid subfamily Rhopalurusinae Bücherl, 1971, to which these scorpions were originally assigned, is redefined, revised diagnoses and a key to identification of its genera and species (except for Centruroides Marx, 1890) provided, and their distributions mapped.
Koch, 1837, i.e., Physoctonus Mello-Leitão, 1934, and Troglorhopalurus Lourenço et al., 2004, are revised, based on a simultaneous phylogenetic analysis of 90 morphological characters and 4260 aligned DNA nucleotides from three mitochondrial and two nuclear gene loci. The Neotropical "club-tailed" scorpions of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876, and two related genera in family Buthidae C.L. For further details on the new ICZN amendment, see From January 2013, Euscorpius discontinued CD-ROM production only online electronic version (ISSN 1536-9307) is published. What constitutes published work, has been amended and allowed for electronic publications, disallowing publication on optical discs. for the purposes of new names and new nomenclatural acts. Only copies distributed on a CD-ROM from Euscorpius in 2001-2012 represent published work in compliance with the ICZN, i.e. Both versions had the identical date of publication, as well as identical page and figure numbers. At this time, Euscorpius was produced in two identical versions: online (ISSN 1536-9307) and CD-ROM (ISSN 1536-9293) (laser disk) in archive-quality, read-only format. (This website also archives all Euscorpius issues previously published on CD-ROMs.) Between 20, ICZN did not accept online texts as "published work" (Article 9.8).
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ICZN COMPLIANCE OF ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS: Electronic ("e-only") publications are fully compliant with ICZN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) (i.e. Derivatio Nominis The name Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 refers to the most common genus of scorpions in the Mediterranean region and southern Europe (family Euscorpiidae). Review papers, descriptions of new taxa, faunistic surveys, lists of museum collections, and book reviews are welcome. Euscorpius is an expedient and viable medium for the publication of serious papers in scorpiology, including (but not limited to): systematics, evolution, ecology, biogeography, and general biology of scorpions. Euscorpius takes advantage of the rapidly evolving medium of quick online publication, at the same time maintaining high research standards for the burgeoning field of scorpion science (scorpiology). Soleglad, Euscorpius is the first research publication completely devoted to scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones).
EDITOR: Victor Fet, Marshall University, ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Michael E.