Scorpions 2001: In Memoriam Gary A. Polis

Description:

Gary Polis was known for his work on scorpions, particulary in Baja California. He died in a storm in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, on the way to field work in 2000. This collection of papers is a tribute to his arachnological work. Contents include:

- Scorpions and their sister-group relationships

- Phylogeny of the family Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896: a major revision.

- Substratum specialization and speciation in southern African scorpions: the Effect Hypothesis revisited.

- Phylogeny of the "hirsutus" group of the genus Hadrurus Thorell, 1876 based on morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Scorpiones: Iuridae).

- First record of a troglobitic ischnurid scorpion from Australasia (Scorpiones: Ischnuridae).

- A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from central Oman (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

- A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from Iran (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

- A new genus and species of psammophilic scorpion from eastern Iran (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

- Synonymy of some Uroplectes Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

- A new species of Broteochactas Pocock, 1890 from Brazilian Amazonia (Scorpiones: Chactidae).

- Two new species of Orobothriurus Maury, 1976, from Argentina and Peru, with comments on the systematics of the genus (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae).

- Descriptions of two new species of Vaejovis C.L.Koch, 1836 from Mexico, with a redescription of Vaejovis pusillus Pocock, 1898 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae).

- Scorpions of Anatolia: ecological patterns. Mitochondrial DNA reveals a deep, divergent phylogeny in Centruroides exilicauda (Wood, 1863) (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

- Scorpions of the Greater Antilles, with the description of a new troglobitic species (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae).

Scorpions of Slovenia: a faunistic and biogeographical survey.

- Scorpions of Austria.

- Euscorpius carpathicus (L., 1767) in Austria: phylogenetic position clarified by mitochondrial DNA analysis (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae).

Scorpions of Switzerland: summary of a faunistic survey.

- New records of scorpions from the central and eastern Mediterranean area: biogeographical comments, with special reference to the Greek species.

- First record of Mesobuthus eupeus (C.L.Koch) from central Anatolia (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

- The northern boundary of scorpions in Central Asia.

- Allometry of offspring size and number in scorpions.

- Night vision in desert scorpions.

- Electrophysiological properties of sensory neurons in peg sensilla of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

- Patterns of allometry and asymmetry of body characters and spermatophores in Bothriurus bonariensis (C.L.Koch, 1842) (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae).

- Asymmetries in the arterial system of some Australian Urodacus (Scorpiones: Urodacidae).

- Scorpion reproductive strategies, potential and longevity: an ecomorphologist's interpretation.

- Is Tityus uruguayensis Borelli, 1901 really parthenogenetic?

- A coumarin as a fluorescent compound in scorpion cuticle.

- Development of the pectines in embryos of Paruroctonus mesaensis Stahnke, 1957 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae).

- The pioneering contributions of Francesco Redi and Holger Jacobaeus to the anatomy and reproductive biology of Euscorpius flavicaudis (De Geer, 1778) in the seventeenth century (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae).

- Scorpions and spiders in mythology and folklore.

Condition

Vg. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ownership stamp to endpaper.