Jena S.K.1, Mohapatra P.P.2 2026. A new species of Janalychas Kovařík, 2019 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Deccan Peninsula, India // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.35. No.1: 79–95 [in English].
1 P.G. Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha-753003, India.
2 Zoological Survey of India, FPS Building, Indian Museum campus, Kolkata-700016, West Bengal, India.
Sudheer Kumar Jena: sudheer.jen@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8035-1139
Pratyush P. Mohapatra: pratyush.m@zsi.gov.in https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8966-297X
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.35.1.09
ABSTRACT. A novel buthid scorpion of the genus Janalychas Kovařík, 2019 is described from the Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, based on an integrative approach combining morphological and molecular data for South Asian representatives. Morphologically, the new species is most similar to J. farkasi (Kovařík, 1997) from Nepal, but can be distinguished by the presence of a single carina on the mesosomal tergites (vs. three in J. farkasi) and the presence of denticles on sternite V. It can also be readily differentiated from its Indian congeners by a unique combination of morphological traits and its characteristic yellow, patterned coloration.
KEY WORDS: integrative taxonomy, morphology, phylogeny, scorpion, taxonomy, Telangana.