Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2026.35.24
First comprehensive description of the endemic Croatian polytrichous scorpion Euscorpius lagostae Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae
Valerio Vignoli
; Siena, Italy
*
Martina Podnar
orcid.org/0000-0002-5782-3222
; Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Dejan Kulijer
orcid.org/0000-0003-0274-6335
; National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nikola Tvrtković
; Croatian Biospeleological Society, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
* Corresponding author.
Supplements: vignoli et al_Table S1.pdf vignoli et al_Fig S1.pdf
Abstract
Euscorpius lagostae Di Caporiacco, 1950, a poorly studied endemic species belonging to the Euscorpius hadzii Di Caporiacco, 1950 species complex, is redescribed with the first morphological illustrations and confirmed by molecular phylogenetic analysis based on broader sampling. New distribution records of E. lagostae from the western part of the Pelješac Peninsula, and Hvar Island are presented, and the first ecological insights into this neglected species are provided. This study represents the first step toward resolving the taxonomic status of the genetically closest taxa distributed along the coastal area from the Neretva River mouth to Montenegro, including the southeastern coast of the Pelješac Peninsula, Lokrum and Mljet Islands, and southern Herzegovina. Newly collected samples near Višegrad in the northeastern Dinarides (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and near the Adriatic coast, close to the Neretva River mouth (Croatia), revealed deeply divergent genetic lineages basal to the E. lagostae group.
Keywords
taxonomy; morphology; molecular phylogeny; COI; 16S rRNA; distribution; ecology; Croatia; Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hrčak ID:
349835
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2026.
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