Sarax ioanniticus ( Kritscher, 1959 )

Hadjiconstantis, Michael, Smith, Matthew Stephen & Zoumides, Christos, 2025, First report of a Tailless Whip Scorpion in Cyprus: the case of Sarax ioanniticus (Kritscher, 1959) (Amblypygi, Charontidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 157478-e 157478 : e157478-

Sarax ioanniticus ( Kritscher, 1959)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: specimen walking on a house wall; recordedBy: Dr. Christos Zoumides; individualCount: 1; sex: female; disposition: stored in 90 % ethanol in M. Hadjiconstantis private collection; occurrenceID: B844670D-388A-53C9-A04B-3D6FEA395667; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/2181422; Location: higherGeographyID: Limassol district; country: Cyprus; municipality: Limassol district; locality: Pissouri village ; verbatimCoordinates: 34°40'08.8"N 32°42'02.3"E; Event: verbatimEventDate: 2 July 2023

Taxon discussion

The collected female specimen (Fig. 1 , Fig. 2 A) was identified as Miranda et al. 2021 Sarax ioanniticus , based on the available taxonomic key in Miranda et al. (2021).

Figures

Figure 1. Morphological traits of S. ioanniticus: A carapace dorsal view; B carapace frontal view (frontal process); C pedipalp dorsal view; D pedipalp ventral view; E basitibia, distitibia and tarsus IV; F pedipalps’ tibia and tarsus frontal view.

Figure 2. Habitus and online record photos of S. ioanniticus in Cyprus (photograph credits in parenthesis): A Habitus of the specimen from Pissouri (M. Hadjiconstantis); B Tsada (M. Smith); C Paphos city (M. Smith); D Lapithos (A. Proutheau); E Ortakioi (A. Gürses). The specimens B-E were not collected and the specific identification of the specimens is tentative.