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    External morphology of Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hemiscorpiidae)
    (KMK SCIENTIFIC PRESS LTD, MOSCOW STATE UNIV) Hussen, FS; Erdek, M; Yagmur, EA
    Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 is redefined in both sexes. The detailed external mor-phologies of chelae, pectinal organs, chelicerae, tel-sons, and legs I-IV were surveyed with the scanning electron microscope (SEM) in both sexes of H. lep-turus for the first time. The constellation arrays, bat-like shaped peg sensilla, trichobothria, and the other sensillar and epicuticular structures were described, and their functional morphologies were interpreted considering the species' habitat and other climatic preferences. The constellation arrays, basiconic sen-silla, function as a chemoreceptor (hygro-reception or/and thermo-reception) by its location on the pedi-palp in the habitat. The shape of the peg sensilla is remarkably bat-like in both sexes and this shape has not been observed or recorded in any scorpion species, functioning as mechanoreception and contact chemo-reception. There are three slit sensilla as single slit, dual and triple slit sensilla on I-IV walking legs, being mechanoreceptors as proprioceptors detecting strain and substrate vibrations during movement. Isolated single slit sensillum was recorded on the chelicerae surface of a scorpion species for the first time.
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    New records of the East Mediterranean Lacbesana (Aranei: Zodariidae), with description of a new species
    (KMK SCIENTIFIC PRESS LTD, MOSCOW STATE UNIV) Özkütük, RS; Yagmur, EA; Gücel, S; Shafaie, S; Özden, Ö; Kunt, KB
    A new species Lachesana bayramgocmeni sp.n. is described based on both sexes from Cyprus. The new species is compared in detail with L. blackwalli (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872). New data on the distribution of L. blackwalli in Turkey and Cyprus are presented.
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    New data on the East Mediterranean Nemesiidae (Aranei: Mygalomorphae)
    (KMK SCIENTIFIC PRESS LTD, MOSCOW STATE UNIV) Özkütük, RS; Yagmur, EA; Elverici, M; Gücel, S; Altunsoy, F; Kunt, KB
    The paper contains new descriptions of Brachythele zonsteini sp.n. from Central Anatolia, Turkey, and Nemesia cypriatica sp.n. from Cyprus, as well as a redescripti on of B. varrialei (Dalmas, 1922), with the first description of the c onspecific female from Turkey. All descriptions are based on both sexes of each species and accompanied by images or diagnoses based on comparisons to related species.