Author/Editor		Fet, Victor; Kuntner, Matjaž; Sket, Boris
Title		Scorpions of Slovenia: a faunistic and biogeographical survey
Type		članek
Source		In: Fet V, Selden PA, editors. Scorpions 2001: in memoriam Gary A. Polis. London: British archeological society,
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 255-65
Language		eng
Abstract		Four species of the genus Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) are known from Slovenia; their distribution appears to be defined mainly by climatic features. While E. italicus (Herbst, 1800) is found strictly in the warmest coastal zone and E. carpathicus (L.,1767) all over the sub-Mediterranean area, E. gamma Caporiacco, 1950 occupies almost all of Slovenia, except the dry sub-Pannonian area in the north-east and the dry, E. carpathicus-dominated, sub-Mediterranean area in the south-west. E. germanus (C. L. Koch,1837) is found only in the wettest north-western part of the country, where it is sympatric with E. gamma. Both species were also found syntopically. They occur from forested lowlands up to elevations exceeding 1500 m. We present a detailed list of all known localities of the four species, and discuss their biogeography in Slovenia. It seems that both Mediterranean species are not susceptible to drought, and E. italicus could even be a xerophile. The area to which they are confined has a high average annual temperature, with the January average above freezing. In contrast; both montane species, E. germanus in particular, occur only at high humidity, whatever the temperature regime.
Descriptors		SCORPIONS ECOSYSTEM SLOVENIA