Wilson R Lourenc ¸o
email: wilson.lourenco@mnhn.fr

Dinh-Sac Pham

Thi-Hang Tran

Nha-Ke Phong

Bang

The genus Vietbocap Lourenc ¸o & Pham, 2010 in the Thien Duong cave, Vietnam: A possible case of subterranean speciation in scorpions (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) Le genre Vietbocap

Keywords:

Two new species of scorpion belonging to the family Pseudochactidae and to the genus Vietbocap are described based on specimens collected in the Thien Duong cave, which belongs to the Vom cave system, in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh

Introduction

As already outlined in several previous publications [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution[END_REF][START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | The genus Vietbocap Lourenc ¸o & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae); proposition of a new family and description of a new species from Laos[END_REF][START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | Second record of the genus Troglokhammouanus Lourenc ¸o, 2007 from Laos and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae)[END_REF][START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | A remarkable new cave scorpion of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Vietnam[END_REF][START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | A second species of Vietbocap Lourenc ¸o & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) from Vietnam[END_REF], the family Pseudochactidae Gromov, 1998 most certainly contains the most remarkable scorpions described in the last twenty years. The first species to be discovered was Pseudochactas ovchinnikovi [START_REF] Gromov | A new family, genus and species of scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from southern Central Asia[END_REF], found in an isolated mountainous region of southeastern Uzbekistan and southwestern Tajikistan, in Central Asia [START_REF] Gromov | A new family, genus and species of scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from southern Central Asia[END_REF]. A second genus and species, Troglokhammouanus steineri Lourenc ¸o, 2007, was described from karst caves in Laos [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution[END_REF]. Although this species was found inside a cave, its morphological characteristics do not correspond to a totally troglobitic element. This Laotian species reopened the question about the origins and affinities of the Pseudochactidae and led to new biogeographical interpretations [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution[END_REF].

In the following years, scorpions have been prospected in karst cave systems in Vietnam, and several specimens of a new pseudochactid scorpion were collected in the Tien Son cave, which belongs to the Phong Nha system. These were described as a new genus and species, Vietbocap canhi Lourenc ¸o & Pham, 2010, which represents a true troglobitic element [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | A remarkable new cave scorpion of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Vietnam[END_REF]. Subsequent surveys in the cave systems of Vietnam have been carried out and another species of pseudochactid scorpion was collected in the Thien Duong cave, which belongs to the Vom cave system. The new species, Vietbocap thienduongensis Lourenc ¸o & Pham, 2012 showed features of a totally troglobitic element [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | A second species of Vietbocap Lourenc ¸o & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) from Vietnam[END_REF]. Almost simultaneously, one more new species of Vietbocap was collected in a cave in Laos; Vietbocap lao Lourenc ¸o, 2012, once again proved to be a true troglobitic element [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | The genus Vietbocap Lourenc ¸o & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae); proposition of a new family and description of a new species from Laos[END_REF] Only several years after the description of the first species belonging to the genus Troglokhammouanus Lourenc ¸o, 2007, a second species was found and described from another cave in Laos [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | Second record of the genus Troglokhammouanus Lourenc ¸o, 2007 from Laos and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae)[END_REF]. The description of Troglokhammouanus louisanneorum Lourenc ¸o, 2017 was based on a single female specimen and the elements of this genus are apparently less common than those of the genus Vietbocap.

The fact that several pseudochactid elements originating from caves within the same major karst system have been found in Laos and Vietnam suggest that this region of Southeast Asia may represent a refuge or centre of endemism for this family.

In recent years, more intense research was concentrate in the Thien Duong cave, which is a major cave in this karst system (see next section). Prospections were carried on much deeper distances from the entrance of the cave and further elements belonging to the genus Vietbocap were located. The study of the specimens collected respectively at 3000 and 5000 m from the cave entrance showed that these were new species; similar to V. thienduongensis, but presenting some clear morphological differences. This observed situation could suggest a possible case of speciation within the cave system, the first one ever reported for scorpions. Moreover, the population found at 5000 m from the entrance of the cave represent a new record of distance from a cave entrance for scorpions.

We will not re-discuss here the controversial phylogenetic and biogeographical aspects concerning this peculiar scorpion family, since most basic points have already been largely discussed by Lourenc ¸o [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution[END_REF]. Using molecular tools, Sharma et al. [START_REF] Sharma | Phylogenomic resolution of scorpions reveals multilevel discordance with morphological phylogenetic signal[END_REF] strongly supported the monophyly of pseudochactids, chaerilids, and buthids. The precise relationships among these three families remain however strongly ambiguous. More detailed information on the orogeny and geodynamics of South East Asia, and on the location, ecology and climate of the national park and caves, can be found in Lourenc ¸o and Pham [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | A remarkable new cave scorpion of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Vietnam[END_REF].

The Thien Duong cave in the Vom cave system

The Thien Duong cave (also called Paradise cave) where the new species were found is located in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, 60 km northwest of Do ˆng Ho ´i city (Figs. 12). The Thien Duong cave is at an elevation of 200 m above sea level, near the west branch of Ho Chi Minh Highway, in Son Trach Commune, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. The cave was discovered by a local people in 2005, and initially the first 5 km of this cave were explored by scientists from the British Cave Research Association in 2005. More recently, the whole extension of the cave was explored by the same Association. The cave is 31 km long, and in parts can reach 100 m in height and 150 m in width. There are two cave systems in Phong Nha Ke Bang region: Phong Nha cave system and Vom cave system. However, these systems are globally isolated, with no geological connections being known between them [START_REF] Nghi | Adventurous tourism-a potential realm of world natural heritage-National Park Phong Nha-Ke Bang[END_REF].

The Phong Nha-Ke Bang karst is the oldest major karst area in Asia. It has been subject to massive tectonic comple ´ te ´ e a ` partir de femelles collecte ´ es a ` 750 m de l'entre ´ e de la grotte. Les deux nouvelles espe ` ces de ´ crites a ` pre ´ sent ont e ´ te ´ collecte ´ es respectivement a ` 3000 et 5000 m de l'entre ´ e de la grotte et sont e ´ galement des e ´ le ´ ments troglobies, pluto ˆt similaires a ` V. thienduongensis, mais avec des diffe ´ rences morphologiques bien nettes. La situation observe ´ e sugge ` re un possible cas de spe ´ ciation a ` l'inte ´ rieur de la grotte, le premier signale ´ chez les scorpions. La population trouve ´ e a ` 5000 m de l'entre ´ e de la grotte repre ´ sente un record absolu de distance de l'entre ´ e d'une grotte pour des scorpions. changes and comprises a series of rock types that are interbedded in complex ways. Probably as many as seven major levels of karst development have occurred as a result of tectonic uplift and changing sea levels, thus the karst landscape of PNKB is extremely complex with high geodiversity and many geomorphic features of considerable significance [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | A remarkable new cave scorpion of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Vietnam[END_REF][START_REF] Nghi | Adventurous tourism-a potential realm of world natural heritage-National Park Phong Nha-Ke Bang[END_REF][START_REF]Phong Nha-Ke Bang National park[END_REF].

Methods

Scorpions were collected by scientists of the IEBR and the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, while exploring the cave with the help of standard electric torches. They were found on the cave walls and sometimes under rocks, approximately at 750, 3000 and 5000 m from the main cave entrance. This last distance is a new distance record from a cave entrance for a scorpion. Measurements and illustrations were made using a Wild M5 stereo-microscope with a drawing tube and an ocular micrometer. Measurements follow those of Stahnke [START_REF] Stahnke | Scorpion nomenclature and mensuration[END_REF] and are given in mm. Trichobothrial notations are those developed by Soleglad & Fet [START_REF] Soleglad | Evolution of scorpion orthobothriotaxy: a cladistic approach[END_REF] and the morphological terminology mostly follows that of Hjelle [START_REF] Hjelle | Anatomy and morphology[END_REF] and Lourenc ¸o [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution[END_REF][START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | Complements to the morphology of Troglokhammouanus steineri Lourenc ¸o, 2007 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) based on scanning electron microscopy[END_REF] General coloration yellow, less pale than on male for metasomal segments and telson; cheliceral teeth, telson tip, and rows of granules on pedipalp fingers dark reddish. Anterior margin of carapace only slightly depressed, with a concavity slightly stronger than that of male; carapace smooth, except for some isolate granules. Lateral ocelli absent. Pair of circumocular sutures complete in the posterior region to median ocular tubercle with a broad Ushaped configuration. Median ocelli absent; median tubercle represented by a smooth but not depressed zone. Anterosubmedial carinae absent from zone delimited by circumocular sutures; furrows obsolete. Chelicerae shorter in the female; dorsal edge of fixed finger with four denticles (basal, medial, subdistal, distal); ventral edge with 3-4 very reduced denticles; movable finger with three denticles (medial, subdistal, external distal) on dorsal edge, without basal denticles; ventral edge with 4-5 reduced denticles and a weak serrula; external distal denticle smaller than internal distal denticle; ventral aspect of fingers and manus with numerous macrosetae. Type-D trichobothrial pattern [START_REF] Soleglad | Evolution of scorpion orthobothriotaxy: a cladistic approach[END_REF][START_REF] Soleglad | High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)[END_REF] reduced); 10 on patella, of which 3 dorsal, 1 internal and 6 external (est extremely reduced); ventral surface without trichobothria; 13 trichobothria on chela, of which 5 on manus, 8 on fixed finger (ib 2 extremely reduced); dorsal trichobothria of femur with ''beta-like'' configuration. Sternum pentagonal, type 1 [START_REF] Soleglad | The scorpion sternum: structure and phylogeny (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)[END_REF], strongly compressed horizontally, slightly longer than wide, external aspect not flat, with a concave region, posteromedian depression round. Pectines each with 3-4 distinct marginal lamellae and 6-7 well-delineated median lamellae; fulcra absent; pectinal tooth count 7-7 and 7-8. Genital operculum completely divided longitudinally. Telotarsi each with several spinular setae, not clearly arranged in rows. Metasomal segment V with a weakly marked pair of ventrosubmedian carinae; no ventromedian carina between ventrosubmedian carinae; metasomal carinae better marked than on male. Pedipalps shorter than those of male; fixed and movable fingers strongly curved, but less than on male; dentate margins each with median denticle row comprising seven oblique granular sub-rows; internal and external accessory granules at base of each sub-row. Respiratory spiracles small, semi-oval to round. Pro-and retrolateral pedal spurs present on legs I-IV. Tibial spurs absent from all legs. Telson long and less bulbous than on male; vesicle smooth on all faces; aculeus shorter than vesicle and weakly curved without a subaculear tubercle ventrally. Form of venom glands extremely simples with a total absence of folds (Fig. 5).

Measurements (in mm) of female Vietbocap thienduongensis

Total length 23.9. Carapace: length 3.0; anterior width 2.0; posterior width 3.2. Mesosoma length 5.5. Metasomal segments: I, length 1.2, width 1.5; II, length 1.4, width 1. Etymology. The specific name is a Latin adjective referring to the orange coloration of the new species (aurantiacus in Latin).

Description based on holotype and paratypes (measurements given after the description).

Colour. General coloration yellow to reddish-yellow, darker than in the other species of the genus; cheliceral teeth, telson tip, pedipalpal and metasomal carinae and rows of granules on pedipalp fingers dark reddish.

Morphology. Chelicerae: dorsal edge of fixed finger with four denticles (basal, medial, subdistal, distal); ventral edge with 3-4 very reduced denticles; movable finger with three denticles (medial, subdistal, external distal) on dorsal edge, without basal denticles; ventral edge with 4-5 reduced denticles and a moderate serrula; external distal denticle smaller than internal distal denticle; ventral aspect of fingers and manus with numerous macrosetae. Carapace: anterior margin not depressed with a weakly to moderately marked concavity; lateral ocelli absent; median ocular tubercle represented by a smooth and not depressed zone; median ocelli absent; interocular furrow obsolete. One pair of weakly marked circumocular sutures with a broad U-shaped configuration, also complete behind median ocular tubercle. Anteromedian and posteromedian furrows shallow; posterolateral furrow shallow, weakly curved; posteromarginal furrow narrow, shallow. Carapace almost totally smooth, except for some isolated granules anteriorly. Pedipalp segments apilose. Femur with five strongly marked carinae; intercarinal surfaces smooth. Patella with six strongly marked carinae; ventrointernal carinae with some spinoid granules; intercarinal surfaces smooth. Chela with dorso-external and ventral carinae moderately marked; tegument smooth. Fixed and movable fingers strongly curved; dentate margins, each with median denticle row comprising seven oblique granular sub-rows; each sub-row comprising several small granules and internal and external accessory granules. Trichobothria orthobothriotaxic, Type D [START_REF] Soleglad | Evolution of scorpion orthobothriotaxy: a cladistic approach[END_REF][START_REF] Soleglad | High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)[END_REF], ''beta-like'' configuration, d 2 situated on dorsal surface, d 3 and d 4 in same axis of the femur, parallel and closer to dorsoexternal carina than is d 1 , angle formed by d 1 , d 3 and d 4 opening toward internal surface; totals: femur, 12 (5 dorsal, 4 internal, 3 external); patella, 10 (3 dorsal, 1 internal, 6 external); chela, 13 (5 on manus, 8 on fixed finger). Legs I to IV: tibiae without spurs; basitarsi each with a pair of pro-and retrolateral spurs; telotarsi each with several spinular setae, not clearly arranged in rows. Sternum pentagonal, type 1 [START_REF] Soleglad | The scorpion sternum: structure and phylogeny (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)[END_REF], strongly compressed horizontally, longer than wide, external aspect not flat, with a concave region, posteromedian depression round. Pectines each with 3-4 distinct marginal lamellae and 7-8 well-delineated median lamellae in females. Fulcra absent. Pectinal tooth count: 7-7 in the female holotype, 6-7, 6-6 in female paratypes. Genital operculum completely divided longitudinally. Mesosoma: pre-tergites smooth and shiny; post-tergites II-VI smooth, without granules; VII with a few granules and a pair of dorso-submedian and dorsolateral carinae, reaching posterior edge of segment. Sternites entirely smooth, acarinate; V with a white posterior inflated triangular zone; surfaces with scattered macrosetae; distal margins with sparse row of macrosetae; respiratory spiracles small, semi-oval to round. Metasoma with a few short macrosetae. Ten carinae on segments I to III, weakly marked on II-III; eight carinae on segment IV; four on segment V. Dorso-submedian carinae moderately developed on segments I-IV, absent on segment V; spinoid granules absent. Other carinae moderately to weakly developed on segments I-V. Telson long and slightly bulbous; vesicle smooth on all faces; aculeus shorter than vesicle and weakly curved, without a subaculear tubercle ventrally. Form of venom glands unknown, but most certainly similar to that of V. thienduongensis.

Measurements (in mm) of female holotype of Vietbocap aurantiacus sp. n.

Total length 35.8. Carapace: length 4.5; anterior width 2.7; posterior width 4.8. Mesosoma length 8.4. Metasomal segments: I, length 1.9, width 2.2; II, length 2.2, width 1.9; III, length 2.5, width 1.8; IV, length 3.2, width 1.7; V, length 6.3, width 1.6, depth 1.4. Telson length 6.8; vesicle width 2.2, depth 1.9. Pedipalp: femur length 6.0, width 1.3; patella length 5.5, width 1.6; chela length 10.6, width 1.7, depth 1.6; movable finger length 6.3.

Ratios: sternum length/width, 2.1/1.8 = 1.67; chela length/movable finger length, 10.6/6.3 = 1.68.

Relationships

It is noticeable to recall that the material used in the description of Vietbocap aurantiacus sp. n. was available for study since a number of years now; however, only females of this species were available for the study. Contrarily, Vietbocap thienduongensis was described on the base of males only. Consequently, an objective comparative analysis of both species becomes possible only after the more recent discovery of females of V. thienduongensis (see previous section). The general morphologies of all known species of Vietbocap are particularly similar. Therefore, the identification of these very closely related species can only be based on some rather discrete features.

Vietbocap thienduongensis and Vietbocap aurantiacus sp. n. are the two most geographically close species found in the cave, distant of 1.0 to 1.5 km. V. auranticus sp. n. can, however, be distinguished by a number of features: bigger size (35.8 vs 23.9 mm) and distinct morphometric values (see measurements and ratios following the description); darker coloration, more to orange-yellow; anterior margin of carapace not depressed; sternum longer than wide (see ratios following the description); metasomal segments and pedipalps better carinated and granulated; sternite V with a conspicuous white posterior inflated triangular zone; moderate serrula on chelicera movable finger.

Vietbocap quinquemilia sp. n. (Figs. [START_REF] Nghi | Adventurous tourism-a potential realm of world natural heritage-National Park Phong Nha-Ke Bang[END_REF][START_REF]Phong Nha-Ke Bang National park[END_REF][START_REF] Stahnke | Scorpion nomenclature and mensuration[END_REF][START_REF] Soleglad | Evolution of scorpion orthobothriotaxy: a cladistic approach[END_REF] Diagnosis: anterior margin of carapace slightly depressed, with a weak concavity. Lateral ocelli absent. Pair of circumocular sutures complete in the posterior region to median ocular tubercle with a broad U-shaped configuration. Median ocelli absent; median tubercle represented by a smooth and only slightly depressed zone. Anterosubmedial carinae absent from zone delimited by circumocular sutures. Type-D trichobothrial pattern [START_REF] Soleglad | Evolution of scorpion orthobothriotaxy: a cladistic approach[END_REF][START_REF] Soleglad | High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)[END_REF] with 35 trichobothria per pedipalp: 12 on femur, of which 5 dorsal, 4 internal and 3 external (d 1 , d 4 , d 5 and i 4 extremely reduced); 10 on patella, of which 3 dorsal, 1 internal and 6 external (est extremely reduced); ventral surface without trichobothria; 13 trichobothria on chela, of which 5 on manus, 8 on fixed finger (ib 2 extremely reduced); dorsal trichobothria of femur with ''beta-like'' configuration. Sternum pentagonal, type 1 [START_REF] Soleglad | The scorpion sternum: structure and phylogeny (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)[END_REF], strongly compressed horizontally, slightly longer than wide, external aspect not flat, with a concave region, posteromedian depression round. Telotarsi each with several spinular setae, not clearly arranged in rows. Metasomal segment V with a weakly marked pair of ventrosubmedian carinae; no ventromedian carina between ventrosubmedian carinae. Etymology. The specific name is a Latin noun in apposition referring to the distance from the cave entrance, 5000 m (quinquemilia in Latin) where the new species was found.

Description based on male holotype and female paratypes (measurements given after the description). Colour. General coloration very pale yellow almost whitish, paler than all the other known species in the genus; cheliceral teeth, telson tip and rows of granules on pedipalp fingers slightly reddish.

Morphology. Chelicerae: dorsal edge of fixed finger with four denticles (basal, medial, subdistal, distal); ventral edge with 3-4 very reduced denticles; movable finger with three denticles (medial, subdistal, external distal) on the dorsal edge, without basal denticles; ventral edge with 4-5 reduced denticles and a moderate serrula; external distal denticle smaller than internal distal denticle; ventral aspect of fingers and manus with numerous macrosetae. Carapace: anterior margin only slightly depressed with a weakly marked concavity; lateral ocelli absent; median ocular tubercle represented by a smooth and only slightly depressed zone; median ocelli absent; interocular furrow obsolete. One pair of weakly marked circumocular sutures with a broad U-shaped configuration, also complete behind median ocular tubercle. Anteromedian and posteromedian furrows shallow; posterolateral furrow shallow, weakly curved; posteromarginal furrow narrow, shallow. Carapace almost entirely smooth, except for some very isolated granules anteriorly. Pedipalp segments apilose. Femur with five carinae, all moderate to weak; intercarinal surfaces smooth. Patella with six discernible carinae; ventrointernal carinae with some spinoid granules; intercarinal surfaces smooth. Chela with dorso-external and ventral carinae weakly marked; tegument smooth. Fixed and movable fingers strongly curved; dentate margins, each with median denticle row comprising seven oblique granular sub-rows; each subrow comprising several small granules and internal and external accessory granules. Trichobothria orthobothriotaxic, type D [START_REF] Soleglad | Evolution of scorpion orthobothriotaxy: a cladistic approach[END_REF][START_REF] Soleglad | High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)[END_REF], ''beta-like'' configuration, d 2 situated on dorsal surface, d 3 and d 4 in same axis of the femur, parallel and closer to the dorsoexternal carina than is d 1 , angle formed by d 1 , d 3 and d 4 opening toward the internal surface; totals: femur, 12 (5 dorsal, 4 internal, 3 external); patella, 10 (3 dorsal, 1 internal, 6 external); chela, 13 (5 on manus, 8 on fixed finger). Legs I to IV: tibiae without spurs; basitarsi each with a pair of pro-and retrolateral spurs; telotarsi each with several spinular setae, not clearly arranged in rows. Sternum pentagonal, type 1 [START_REF] Soleglad | The scorpion sternum: structure and phylogeny (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)[END_REF], strongly compressed horizontally, slightly longer than wide, external aspect not flat, with a concave region, posteromedian depression round. Pectines each with 3 distinct marginal lamellae and 7-8 well-delineated median lamellae in both sexes. Fulcra absent. Pectinal tooth count: 8-8 in males, 7-7 in females. Genital operculum completely divided longitudinally; genital plugs observed in the male. Mesosoma: pre-tergites smooth and shiny; post-tergites II-VI smooth; granules totally absent; VII equally without granules and a pair of dorso-submedian and dorsolateral carinae, reaching posterior edge of segment. Sternites almost entirely smooth, acarinate; surfaces with scattered macrosetae; distal margins with sparse row of macrosetae; respiratory spiracles small, semi-oval to round. Metasoma with a few short macrosetae. Ten carinae on segments I to III; eight carinae on segment IV; four on segment V. Dorsosubmedian carinae moderately developed on segments I-IV, absent on segment V; spinoid granules absent. Other carinae moderately to weakly developed on segments I-V. Telson long and slightly bulbous in the male, slender in the female; vesicle smooth on all faces; aculeus shorter than vesicle and weakly curved, without a subaculear tubercle ventrally. Form of venom glands unknown, but most certainly similar to that of V. thienduongensis.

Measurements (in mm) of male holotype and female paratype of Vietbocap quinquemilia sp. n.

Relationships

Vietbocap quinquemilia sp. n. is geographically separated of Vietbocap aurantiacus sp. n. by 2 km. Their general morphology although similar presents a number of differences and in fact V. quinquemilia seems more closely related to V. thienduongensis. This new species can however be characterized by a number of particular features: small size (only 20.2 mm for female) and distinct morphometric values (see measurements and ratios following the description); a very pale coloration almost whitish; this is the paler species known for the genus; median ocular tubercle on carapace only slightly depressed; cheliceral serrula moderately marked; tergites globally smooth; pedipalp carinae very weakly marked.

Discussion

Cases of more than one species of a given genus, living in a common cave system, have been recorded for other zoological groups. For example, Bayer and Ja ¨ger [START_REF] Bayer | Heteropoda species from limestone caves in Laos (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)[END_REF] reported the presence of two spiders of the genus Heteropoda, namely Heteropoda maxima and Heteropoda steineri in the Xe Bangfai Cave system. Although these authors indicate that H. steineri would be more restricted to deeper parts in the cave, they suggest that these two very mobile species could potentially meet. A noticeable parallel case was also observed for the species of the cave scorpion genus Alacran Francke in Mexico [START_REF] Lopez | Shining a light into the world's deepest caves: phylogenetic systematics of the troglobiotic scorpion genus Alacran Francke, 1982 (Typhlochactidae: Alacraninae)[END_REF]. In temperate regions, several species of a same beetle genus are known to co-occur frequently in a same cave, like for the Aphaenops in the Pierre Saint-Martin system in French Pyrenees [START_REF] Cabidoche | Bioce ´nose cavernicole de la salle de la Verna (gouffre de la pierre Saint-Martin), me ´thode d'e ´tude en milieu naturel[END_REF]. Most reported cases however show that these parapatric and/or almost sympatric species present marked distinct degrees of adaptation to cave and/or subterranean life.

The general assumption that cave species evolved, in most cases, directly from surface ancestors, was recently questioned by Juan et al. [START_REF] Juan | Evolution in caves: Darwin's wrecks of ancient life in the molecular era[END_REF]. Based on phylogeographic studies, these authors confirmed that cave species were often cryptic and presenting highly restricted distributions. These studies also suggested that their divergence and potential speciation processes may occur despite the presence of gene flow from surface populations. Finally, they concluded that these same studies could provide evidence for speciation and adaptive evolution within the confines of cave systems [START_REF] Juan | Evolution in caves: Darwin's wrecks of ancient life in the molecular era[END_REF].

Vietbocap, as the other genera associated with the family Pseudochactidae, can be considered as one of the most, if not the most basic lineage among known scorpions. If not all authors agree about the precise phylogenetic position of pseudochactids, they do agree about its basal position [START_REF] Sharma | Phylogenomic resolution of scorpions reveals multilevel discordance with morphological phylogenetic signal[END_REF][START_REF] Prendini | A ''living fossil'' from Central Asia: the morphology of Pseudochactas ovchinnikovi Gromov, 1898 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae), with comments on its phylogenetic position[END_REF]. The Vietbocap ''populations'' found in the Thien Duong cave show a very similar degree of cave adaptation, with a complete regression of eyes and, in most cases, a very marked regression of the pigmentation. On the other hand, Vietbocap epigean relatives remain unknown. In fact, epigean elements of the family Pseudochactidae are not known from South-East Asia. The original epigean ancestor of the Vietbocap lineage was most certainly an ancient colonizer of underground habitats; however, the totality of the present known species probably did not derived from a surface ancestor. This attests to a rather old process of adaptation to subterranean environments. Although available data about the scorpion populations of the different species are still very limited and phylogenetic evidence are still lacking, it can be considered that the speciation process took place after the colonization of the subterranean habitat by the epigean ancestor of the Vietbocap lineage.

As already exposed, the Thien Duong cave is a huge cave with 31 km of passages, in several sectors 100 m in height and 150 m in width; most present physical parameters inside the cave such as air temperature and humidity can be considered rather similar. Nevertheless, the geological history of the cave system is very old and most certainly knew a number of vicissitudes during geological time, probably causing collapsing situations with the creation of local barriers, maybe long enough in time to allow full processes of speciation. No data is, however, available to confirm any hypothesis in this sense.

It is difficult to estimate from the sole morphological study of these ''populations'' of Vietbocap living in the Thien Duong cave what is their precise degree of differentiation. The processes of differentiation and speciation in scorpions are probably rather slow, since the group shows long-term reproduction strategies and a low number of generations when compared to other arthropods [START_REF] Lourenc ¸o | Reproduction in scorpions, with special reference to parthenogenesis[END_REF]. Consequently, the question to be addressed is: are we faced with species, subspecies or only morphs of a large polymorphic species? For three of these populations, a specific status is here suggested in association with their possible allopatric distribution, though the number of available specimens is small to evaluate the robustness of the observed differences. In this case, the condition of superspecies sensu Mayr [START_REF] Mayr | Notes on Halcyon chloris and some of its subspecies[END_REF] could be suggested to the global Vietbocap lineage. The species within each sub-lineage would be represented by allopatric, parapatric our weakly sympatric groups, really or potentially inter-sterile in natural conditions [START_REF] Bernardi | Les cate ´gories taxonomiques de la syste ´matique e ´volutive[END_REF]. Each one of these different species can therefore be defined as a Prospecies in the sense of Birula [START_REF] Birula | Ueber Scorpio maurus Linne ´und seine Unterarten[END_REF]. The main cue, however, remains the discovery and description of an epigean element associated with Vietbocap, which however probably knew a negative selection during the evolutionary time.

The presence of syntopic and closely related troglobitic species of a same genus in a same cave is quite exceptional. Molecular approaches will be necessary to evaluate the robustness of the observed differences between the species which have been recognized.

Disclosure of interest

The authors declare that they have no competing interest.

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  4. Taxonomic treatment Family Pseudochactidae Gromov, 1998 Subfamily Vietbocapinae Lourenc ¸o, 2012 Genus Vietbocap Lourenc ¸o & Pham, 2010 Vietbocap thienduongensis Lourenc ¸o & Pham, 2012 (Figs. 3-5) Enlarged diagnosis for the female Vietnam, Quang Binh Province, Phong Nha-Ke National Park, Thien Duong cave (17831'10.3'' N-106813'22.9''E), initial section of the cave (750 m from the cave entrance), 18/V/2016 (T.-D Do, T.-H. Tran & T.-N. Nguyen), 2 females. Material deposited in the 'Muse ´um national d'histoire naturelle', Paris.

  with 35 trichobothria per pedipalp: 12 on femur, of which 5 dorsal, 4 internal and 3 external (d 1 , d 4 , d 5 and i 4 extremely

Fig. 1 .

 1 Fig. 1. The Karstic Massif where the Thien Duong cave is located, showing typical vegetation (photo by Cao Xuan Loc).

Fig. 2 .

 2 Fig. 2. Interior view of the Thien Duong cave, 3000 m from the entrance, showing two of the co-authors (T.-H.T. & T.-H. T.) searching for scorpions.

Fig. 3 .

 3 Fig. 3. Vietbocap thienduongensis. Habitus, dorsal and ventral aspects. A-B. Male holotype. C-D. Female.

Fig. 4 .

 4 Fig. 4. Vietbocap thienduongensis. Male in natural habitat; 800 m from the cave entrance.

Fig. 5 .

 5 Fig. 5. Vietbocap thienduongensis. Female. A. Simple venom glands. B. Sternum, genital operculum and pectines. C. Metasomal segment V and telson, lateral aspect. D. Chelicera, dorsal aspect. E. Cutting edge of movable finger showing rows of granules. F. Femur, dorsal aspect, showing trichobothrial pattern.

  2; III, length 1.7, width 1.1; IV, length 2.2, width 1.1; V, length 4.3, width 1.0, depth 1.0. Telson length 4.6; vesicle width 1.4, depth 1.2. Pedipalp: femur length 4.0, width 1.0; patella length 3.8, width 1.2; chela length 7.5, width 1.2, depth 1.2; movable finger length 4.4. Reports: Sternum length/width, 1.2/1.2 = 1.00. Chela length/movable finger length, 7.5/4.4 = 1.70. Vietbocap aurantiacus sp. n. (Figs. 6-7) Diagnosis: Anterior margin of carapace not depressed with a weak to moderate concavity. Lateral ocelli absent. Pair of circumocular sutures complete in the posterior region to median ocular tubercle with a broad U-shaped configuration. Median ocelli absent; median tubercle represented by a smooth but not depressed zone. Anterosubmedial carinae absent from zone delimited by circumocular sutures. Type-D trichobothrial pattern [11,14] with 35 trichobothria per pedipalp: 12 on femur, of which 5 dorsal, 4 internal and 3 external (d 1 , d 4 , d 5 and i 4 extremely reduced); 10 on patella, of which 3 dorsal, 1 internal and 6 external (est extremely reduced); ventral surface without trichobothria; 13 trichobothria on chela, of which 5 on manus, 8 on fixed finger (ib 2 extremely reduced); dorsal trichobothria of femur with ''beta-like'' configuration. Sternum pentagonal, type 1 [15], strongly compressed horizontally, longer than wide, external aspect not flat, with a concave region, posteromedian depression round Sternite V with a white posterior inflated triangular zone. Telotarsi each with several spinular setae, not clearly arranged in rows. Metasomal segment V with a moderately marked pair of ventrosubmedian carinae; no ventromedian carina between ventrosubmedian carinae. Fixed and movable fingers strongly curved; dentate margins each with median denticle row comprising seven oblique granular sub-rows; internal and external accessory gra-nules at base of each sub-row. Carinae on metasoma and pedipalps better marked than on the other species. Respiratory spiracles small, semi-oval to round. Pro-and retrolateral pedal spurs present on legs I-IV. Tibial spurs absent from all legs. Type material: Female holotype, two female paratypes. Vietnam, Quang Binh Province, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Thien Duong cave (17831 0 10.3 00 N-106813 0 22.9 00 E), mid-section of cave (3000 m from cave entrance), 23/V/2013 (D.-S. Pham). Holotype and one paratype deposited in the ''Muse ´um national d'histoire naturelle'', Paris. One paratype deposited in the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi.

Fig. 6 .

 6 Fig. 6. Vietbocap aurantiacus sp. n. Female holotype. Habitus, dorsal and ventral aspects.

Fig. 7 .

 7 Fig. 7. Vietbocap aurantiacus sp. n. Female holotype. A. Cutting edge of movable finger showing rows of granules. B. Metasomal segments IV-V and telson, lateral aspect. C. Chelicera, dorsal aspect. D-F. Trichobothrial pattern. D. Chela, dorso-external aspect. E-F. Patella and femur, dorsal aspect.

  Fixed and movable fingers strongly curved; dentate margins each with median denticle row comprising seven oblique granular sub-rows; internal and external accessory granules at base of each sub-row. Respiratory spiracles small, semioval to round. Pro-and retrolateral pedal spurs present on legs I-IV. Tibial spurs absent from all legs. Type material: Male holotype, two female paratypes. Vietnam, Quang Binh Province, Phong Nha -Ke Bang National Park, Thien Duong cave (17831 0 10.3 00 N-106813 0 22.9 00 E), mid-section of cave (5000 m from cave entrance), 6/IV/2015 (D.-S. Pham). Holotype and one paratype deposited in the ''Muse ´um national d'histoire naturelle'', Paris. One paratype deposited in the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi.

Fig. 8 .

 8 Fig. 8. Vietbocap quinquemilia sp. n. Male holotype. Habitus, dorsal and ventral aspects.

Fig. 9 .

 9 Fig. 9. Vietbocap quinquemilia sp. n. Male in natural habitat; 5000 m from cave entrance.

Fig. 10 .

 10 Fig. 10. Vietbocap quinquemilia sp. n. A-C. Male holotype. D. Female paratype. A. Chelicera, dorsal aspect. B. Cutting edge of movable finger showing rows of granules. C-D. Metasomal segment V and telson, lateral aspect.

Fig. 11 .

 11 Fig. 11. Vietbocap quinquemilia sp. n. Male holotype. A-C. Trichobothrial pattern. A. Chela, dorso-external aspect. B-C. Patella and femur, dorsal aspect.

Acknowledgements

We wish to express our thanks to E ´lise-Anne Leguin (MNHN, Paris) for the preparation of the photos and plates; to Adriano Kury (Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro), Louis Deharveng (MNHN, Paris), and Lucienne Wilme ´(Missouri Botanical Garden) for their useful comments to the manuscript. The second author is most grateful to the research project of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST04.09/16-17) and to the NAFOSTED grant (106NN.06-2015.38), which financially supported him for field works.


Black holes have more states than those giving the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy: a simple argument

Carlo Rovelli

Black holes have more states than those giving the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy: a simple argument.

Carlo Rovelli

CPT, Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, Case 907, F-13288 Marseille, France.

(Dated: October 3, 2017)

It is often assumed that the maximum number of independent states a black hole may contain is NBH = e S BH , where SBH = A/4 is the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy and A the horizon area in Planck units. I present a simple and straightforward argument showing that the number of states that can be distinguished by local observers inside the hole must be greater than this number.

There are several arguments supporting the idea that the thermodynamical interaction between a black hole and its surroundings is well described by treating the black hole as a system with N BH = e A/4 (orthogonal) states, where A is the horizon area in Planck units = G = c = 1. These arguments are convinging. However, it has then become fashionable to deduce from this fact that the black hole itself cannot have more than N BH states (see for instance the discussion in [START_REF] Marolf | The Black Hole information problem: past, present, and future[END_REF] and references therein). I present here an argument indicating that this further step is wrong and that the actual number N of independent states of a black hole of area A can be larger than N BH .

The possibility of a distinction between N and N BH is opened by the fact that according to classical general relativity the interaction between a black hole and its surroundings is entirely determined by what happen in the vicinity of the horizon. This may be true in general, and therefore it is possible that N BH counts only states that can be distinguishable from the exterior, which may be called "surface" states. On the other hand, N counts also states that can be distinguished by local observables inside the horizon. Here I argue that to have more states than N BH is not just a possibility: it follows from elementary considerations of causality.

To show this, consider a gravitationally collapsed object and let Σ 1 be a Cauchy surface that crosses the horizon but does not hit the singularity, see Figure 1

. Let Σ 2 Σ Σ 1 2 FIG.
1. The (lowest part) of the conformal diagram of a gravitational collapse. The clear grey region is the object, the dotted line is the horizon, the thick upper line the singularity, the dark upper region is where quantum gravity effect may become relevant (this region play no role in this paper.) The two Cauchy surfaces used in the paper are the dashed lines. be a later similar Cauchy surface and i = 1, 2. Let A i be the area of the intersection of Σ i with the horizon. Assume that no positive energy falls into the horizon during the interval between the two surfaces. Let quantum fields live on this geometry, back-reacting on it [START_REF] Wald | Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime and Black Hole Thermodynamics[END_REF]. Finally, let Σ in i be the (open) portions of Σ i inside the horizon. Care is required in specifying what is meant here by 'horizon', since there are several such notions (event horizon, trapping horizon, apparent horizon, dynamical horizon...) which in this context may give tiny (exponentially small in the mass) differences in location. For precision, by 'horizon' I mean here the event horizon, if this exist. If it doesn't (as for instance in [START_REF] Rovelli | Vidotto: Planck Stars[END_REF]), I mean the boundary of the past of a late-time spacelike region lying outside the black hole (say outside the trapping region). With this definition, the horizon is light-like.

Because of the back-reaction of the Hawking radiation, the area of the horizon shrinks and therefore

A 2 < A 1 . (1)
Now consider the evolution of the quantum fields from Σ 1 to Σ 2 . We are in a region far away from the singularity and therefore (assuming the black hole is large) from high curvature. Therefore we expects conventional quantum field theory to hold here, without strange quantum gravity effects, at least up to high energy scales. Since the horizon is light-like, Σ in 1 is in the causal past of Σ in 2 . This implies that any local observable on Σ in 1 is fully determined by observables on Σ in 2 . That is, if A i is the local algebra of observables on Σ in i then A 1 is a subalgebra of A 2 :

A 1 ⊂ A 2 .
(

) 2
Therefore any state on A 2 is also a state on A 1 and if two such states can be distinguished by observables in A 1 they certainly can be distinguished by observables in A 2 as the first are included in the latest. Therefore the states that can be distinguished by A 1 -which is to say: on Σ in 1 -can also be distinguished by A 2 -which is to say: on Σ in 2 . Therefore the distinguishable states on Σ in 1 are a subset of those in Σ in 2 . How many are them? Either there is an infinite number of them, or a finite number due to some high-energy (say Planckian) cut-off. If there is an infinite number of them, then immediately the number of states distinguishable from inside the black arXiv:1710.00218v1 [gr-qc] 30 Sep 2017 hole is larger that N N B , which is finite. If there is a finite number of them, then the number N 2 of distinguishable states on Σ in 2 must be equal or larger than the number N 2 of states distinguishable on Σ in 1 , because the second is a subset of the first. That is

N 2 ≥ N 1 . (3)
Comparing equations ( 1) and ( 3) shows immediately that it is impossible that N i = e Ai/4 , as the exponential is a monotonic function.

The conclusion is that the number of states distinguishable from the interior of the black hole must be different from the number N BH = e A/4 of the states contributing to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. Since the second is shrinking to zero with the evaporation, the first must overcome the second at some point. Therefore in the interior of a black hole there are more possible states than e A/4 .

The physical interpretation of the conclusion is simple: the thermal behaviour of the black hole described by the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy S = A/4 is fully determined by the physics of the vicinity of the horizon.

In classical general relativity, the effect of a black hole on its surroundings is independent from the black hole interior. A vivid expression of this fact is in the numerical simulations of black hole merging and radiation emission by oscillating black holes: in writing the numerical code, it is routine to cut away a region inside the (trapping) horizon: it is irrelevant for whatever happens outside! This is true in classical general relativity, and there is no compelling reason to suppose it to fail if quantum fields are around. Therefore a natural interpretation of S BH is to count states of near-surface degrees of freedom, not interior ones. This is of course not a new idea: it has a long history [START_REF] York | Dynamical origin of black-hole radiance[END_REF][START_REF] Zurek | Statistical Mechanical Origin of the Entropy of a Rotating, Charged Black Hole[END_REF][START_REF] Wheeler | A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime[END_REF][START_REF] Hooft | The black hole interpretation of string theory[END_REF][START_REF] Susskind | The Stretched Horizon and Black Hole Complementarity[END_REF][START_REF] Frolov | Dynamical Origin of the Entropy of a Black Hole[END_REF][START_REF] Carlip | The Statistical Mechanics of the (2+ 1)-Dimensional Black Hole[END_REF][START_REF] Cvetic | Tseytlin: Solitonic strings and BPS saturated dyonic black holes[END_REF][START_REF] Larsen | Internal structure of black holes[END_REF] and see in particular [START_REF] Rovelli | Loop Quantum Gravity and Black Hole Physics[END_REF] and [START_REF] Strominger | Black hole entropy from near-horizon microstates[END_REF] in support of this idea from two different research camps, loops and strings. The argument presented here strongly support this idea, by making clear that there are interior states that do not affect the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.

This conclusion is not in contrast with the the various arguments leading to identify Bekenstein-Hawking entropy with a counting of states. To the opposite, evidence from it comes from the membrane paradigm [START_REF]Black Holes: the Membrane Paradigm[END_REF] and from Loop Quantum Gravity [START_REF] Rovelli | Loop Quantum Gravity and Black Hole Physics[END_REF][START_REF] Rovelli | Black Hole Entropy from Loop Quantum Gravity[END_REF], which both show explicitly that the relevant states are surface states, but also from the string theory counting [START_REF] Strominger | Microscopic origin of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy[END_REF][START_REF] Horowitz | Counting states of nearextremal black holes[END_REF], because the counting is in a context where the relevant state space is identified with the scattering state space, which could be blind to interior observables.

The consequences of this observation are far reaching for the discussions on the black-hole information paradox [START_REF] Marolf | The Black Hole information problem: past, present, and future[END_REF][START_REF] Hooft | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Gravity and Information[END_REF]. The solid version of the paradox is Page's [START_REF] Page | Information in black hole radiation[END_REF], which does not require hypotheses on the future of the hole. If there are more states available in a black hole than e A/4 , then Page argument for the information loss paradox fails. Page argument is based on the fact that if the number of black hole states is determined by the area, then there are no more available state to be entangled with the Hawking radiation when the black hole shrinks. For the radiation to be thermal it must be entangled with something, and the only option is earlier Hawking quanta, and this is in tension with quantum field theory. But if there can be many states also inside a black hole with small horizon area, then late-time Hawking radiation does not need to be correlated with early time Hawking radiation, because it can simply be correlated with internal black hole states, even when the surface area of the back hole has become small.

Recall indeed that the interior of an old black hole can have large volume even if its horizon has small area. It was in fact shown in [START_REF] Christodoulou | How big is a black hole?[END_REF] that at a time v after the collapse, a black hole with mass m has interior volume

V ∼ 3 √ 3π m 2 v (4)
for v m. See also [START_REF] Lorenzo | Volume inside old black holes[END_REF][START_REF] Bengtsson | Black holes: Their large interiors[END_REF][START_REF] Ong | Never Judge a Black Hole by Its Area[END_REF][START_REF] Ong | The Persistence of the Large Volumes in Black Holes[END_REF][START_REF] Shao-Jun | Maximal volume behind horizons without curvature singularity[END_REF]. This volume may store large number of states. When the evaporation ends (because the hole has become small, or earlier if the hole is disrupted by non perturbative quantum gravitational effects [START_REF] Rovelli | Vidotto: Planck Stars[END_REF][START_REF] Christodoulou | Realistic Observable in Background-Free Quantum Gravity: the Planck-Star Tunnelling-Time[END_REF]) this information can leak out, possibly slowly, if much of it is in long wavelength modes (see [START_REF] Ashtekar | Black hole evaporation: A paradigm[END_REF][START_REF] Bianchi | Entanglement entropy production in gravitational collapse: covariant regularization and solvable models Eugenio Bianchi[END_REF] and references therein). Therefore information can emerge from the hole, before total dissipation, and is not lost.

I do realize that these observations go against diffused prejudices regarding holography, but I think we should not be blocked by prejudices. The result presented here does not invalidate holographic ideas: it sharpens them by pointing out that what is bound by the area of the boundary of a region is not the number of possible states in the region, but only the number of states distinguishable from observations outside the region.

-I thank Don Marolf, Tommaso De Lorenzo, Alejandro Perez and Eugenio Bianchi for crucial conversations that have lead to this result.


Francesca Vidotto
email: francesca.vidotto@ehu.es

Carlo Rovelli
email: rovelli@cpt.univ-mrs.fr

White-hole dark matter and the origin of past low-entropy

Recent results on the end of black hole evaporation give new weight to the hypothesis that a component of dark matter could be formed by remnants of evaporated black holes: stable Planck-size white holes with a large interior. The expected lifetime of these objects is consistent with their production at reheating. But remnants could also be pre-big bang relics in a bounce cosmology, and this possibility has strong implications on the issue of the source of past low entropy: it could realise a perspectival interpretation of past low entropy. The ideas briefly presented in this essay are developed in forthcoming papers.

I. REMNANTS

The possibility that remnants of evaporated black holes form a component of dark matter was suggested by MacGibbon [START_REF] Macgibbon | Can Planck-mass relics of evaporating black holes close the Universe?[END_REF] and has been explored in [START_REF] Barrow | The cosmology of black hole relics[END_REF][START_REF] Carr | Black hole relics and inflation: Limits on blue perturbation spectra[END_REF][START_REF] Liddle | Primordial black holes and early cosmology[END_REF][START_REF] Alexeyev | Black-hole relics in string gravity: last stages of Hawking evaporation[END_REF][START_REF] Chen | Black hole remnants and dark matter[END_REF][START_REF] Barrau | Peculiar relics from primordial black holes in the inflationary paradigm[END_REF][START_REF] Chen | Inflation Induced Planck-Size Black Hole Remnants As Dark Matter[END_REF][START_REF] Nozari | Gravitational Uncertainty and Black Hole Remnants[END_REF]. There are no strong observational constraints on this potential contribution to dark matter [START_REF] Carr | Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter[END_REF] and the weak point of the scenario has been, so far, the question of the physical nature of the remnants.

Here we point out that: (i) the picture has changed because of the realisation that conventional physics provides a candidate for remnants: small-mass white holes with large interiors [START_REF] Rovelli | Planck stars[END_REF][START_REF] Haggard | Black hole fireworks: quantum-gravity effects outside the horizon spark black to white hole tunneling[END_REF][START_REF] Lorenzo | Improved black hole fireworks: Asymmetric black-hole-to-white-hole tunneling scenario[END_REF], which can be stable if they are sufficiently light [START_REF] Bianchi | White Holes as Remnants: A Surprising Scenario for the End of a Black Hole[END_REF], and that are produced at the end of the evaporation as recent results in quantum gravity indicate [START_REF] Christodoulou | Planck star tunneling time: An astrophysically relevant observable from background-free quantum gravity[END_REF][START_REF] Rovelli | Crossing Schwarzschild's Central Singularity[END_REF][START_REF] Rovelli | Interior metric and ray-tracing map in the firework black-to-white hole transition[END_REF][START_REF] Christodoulou | Characteristic Time Scales for the Geometry Transition of a Black Hole to a White Hole from Spinfoams[END_REF]; (ii) the remnant lifetime predicted in [START_REF] Bianchi | White Holes as Remnants: A Surprising Scenario for the End of a Black Hole[END_REF] happens to be consistent with the production of primordial black holes at the end of inflation; and (iii) even more interesting, if remnants come from a pre-big-bang phase in a bouncing cosmology, they provide a solution of the problem to the early-universe low-entropy, and hence to the problem of the arrow of time [START_REF] Rovelli | Is Time's Arrow Perspectival?[END_REF].

II. WHITE HOLES

The difference between a black hole and a white hole is not very pronounced. Observed from the outside (say from the exterior of a sphere of radius r = 2m + > 2m, where m is the mass of the hole) for a finite amount of time, a white hole cannot be distinguished from a black hole: Zone II of the maximally extended Schwarzschild solution is equally the outside of a black hole and the outside of a white hole (see Fig. 1, Left). Analogous considerations hold for the Kerr solution. The objects in the sky we call 'black holes' are approximated by a stationary metric only for a limited time. At least in the past the metric was non-stationary, as they were produced by gravitational collapse. The continuation of the metric inside the radius r = 2m + > 2m contains a trapped region, but not an anti-trapped region. Instead of an anti-trapped region there is a collapsing star. Thus from the outside a 'black hole' (as opposite to a 'white') is only characterised by not having the anti-trapped region in the past (see Fig. 1, Center). Viceversa, from the exterior and for a finite time, a white hole is undistinguishable from a black hole, but in the future ceases to be stationary and there is no trapped region (see Fig. 1,Right).

The classical prediction that the black is stable forever is not reliable. In the uppermost band of the central diagram of Figure 1 quantum theory dominates. In other words, the death of a black hole is a quantum phenomenon. The same is true for a white hole, reversing time direction. That is, the birth of a white hole is in a region where quantum gravitational phenomena are strong. This consideration eliminates a traditional objection to the physical existence of white holes: How would they originate? The answer is that they originate from a region where quantum phenomena dominate the behaviour of the gravitational field.

Such regions are generated in particular by the end of the life of a black hole. Hence a white hole can be originated by a dying black hole. This has been shown to be possible in [START_REF] Haggard | Black hole fireworks: quantum-gravity effects outside the horizon spark black to white hole tunneling[END_REF] and was explored in [START_REF] Lorenzo | Improved black hole fireworks: Asymmetric black-hole-to-white-hole tunneling scenario[END_REF][START_REF] Bianchi | White Holes as Remnants: A Surprising Scenario for the End of a Black Hole[END_REF][START_REF] Christodoulou | Planck star tunneling time: An astrophysically relevant observable from background-free quantum gravity[END_REF][START_REF] Rovelli | Crossing Schwarzschild's Central Singularity[END_REF][START_REF] Rovelli | Interior metric and ray-tracing map in the firework black-to-white hole transition[END_REF][START_REF] Christodoulou | Characteristic Time Scales for the Geometry Transition of a Black Hole to a White Hole from Spinfoams[END_REF]. The the life cycle of the black-white hole is given in Figure 2.

The process is asymmetric in time [START_REF] Lorenzo | Improved black hole fireworks: Asymmetric black-hole-to-white-hole tunneling scenario[END_REF][START_REF] Bianchi | White Holes as Remnants: A Surprising Scenario for the End of a Black Hole[END_REF] and the time scales are determined by the initial mass of the hole m o . The lifetime τ BH of the black hole is known by Hawking radiation theory

τ BH ∼ m 3 o (1)
in Planck units = G = c = 1. This time can be as shorter as τ BH ∼ m 2 o because of quantum gravitational effects [START_REF] Rovelli | Planck stars[END_REF][START_REF] Haggard | Black hole fireworks: quantum-gravity effects outside the horizon spark black to white hole tunneling[END_REF] (see also [? ? ? ? ? ]) but we disregard this possibility here. The lifetime of the white hole phase, τ WH , is longer [START_REF] Bianchi | White Holes as Remnants: A Surprising Scenario for the End of a Black Hole[END_REF]:

τ WH ∼ m 4 o . (2)
The tunnelling process itself takes a time of the order of the current mass [START_REF] Christodoulou | Characteristic Time Scales for the Geometry Transition of a Black Hole to a White Hole from Spinfoams[END_REF][START_REF] Barceló | Black holes turn white fast, otherwise stay black: no half measures[END_REF].

τ T ∼ m. (3)
The classical evolution and the exterior of a (stationary, spherically symmetric) black hole is uniquely determined by its current horizon area, but its internal properties are not. The internal volume keeps increasing with time [START_REF] Christodoulou | How big is a black hole?[END_REF][START_REF] Bengtsson | Black holes: Their large interiors[END_REF][START_REF] Ong | Never Judge a Black Hole by Its Area[END_REF][START_REF] Wang | Maximal volume behind horizons without curvature singularity[END_REF][START_REF] Christodoulou | Volume inside old black holes[END_REF] and determines post tunnelling evolution. Therefore the state of the hole at some time is not specified by its sole current mass m, but also by internal geometry, in turn determined by m o . We write the quantum state of the hole in the form |m o , m B , where the first quantum number is the initial mass which determines the interior, the second is the current mass, which determines the horizon area. Here is the life cycle of a collapsed object (4)

III. STABILITY

Large classical white holes are unstable under perturbations [START_REF] Frolov | Black Hole Physics: Basic Concepts and New Developments[END_REF]. The wavelength of the perturbation needed to trigger the instability must be smaller that the size of the hole. To make a Planck size white hole unstable, we need trans-Planckian radiation, and this is not allowed by quantum gravity [START_REF] Bianchi | White Holes as Remnants: A Surprising Scenario for the End of a Black Hole[END_REF]. Even independently from this, if a Planck-scale white hole is unstable, its decay mode is into a Planck-scale black hole:

|m o , m P W ------→ instability |m o , m P B , (5)
which is equally unstable to tunnel back into a white hole

|m o , m P B ------→ tunnelling |m o , m P W . ( 6
)
Since the two are indistinguishable from the exterior, this oscillation has no effect on the exterior: the Planck size remnant remains a Planck size remnant. The possibility of this oscillation has been considered in [START_REF] Barceló | The lifetime problem of evaporating black holes: mutiny or resignation[END_REF][START_REF] Barceló | Black holes turn white fast, otherwise stay black: no half measures[END_REF][START_REF] Garay | Do stars die too long?[END_REF].

IV. COSMOLOGY: REHEATING

White-hole remnants can be a constituent of dark matter. A local dark matter density of the order of 0.01 M /pc 3 corresponds to approximately one Planck-scale white hole per each 10.000 Km 3 .

For these objects to be present now we need their lifetime larger or equal than the Hubble time

T H m 4 o ≥ T H . (7)
On the other hand, the lifetime of the black hole phase must be shorter than the Hubble time

m 3 o < T H . (8)
This gives the possible value of m 0 : 10 10 gr ≤ m o < 10 15 gr.

Their Schwarzschild radius is in the range

10 -18 cm ≤ R o < 10 -13 cm. (10)
Black holes of a given mass could have formed when their Schwarzschild radius was of the order of the horizon. Remarkably, the horizon was presumably in this range at the end of inflation, during or just after reheating. This concordance supports the plausibility of the scenario.

V. EREBONS AND THE ARROW OF TIME

Roger Penrose has coined the name erebons, from the Greek god of darkness Erebos, to refer to matter crossing over from one eon to the successive one [? ] in cyclic cosmologies [? ]. Remnants could also be formed in a contracting phase before the current expanding one [? ? ] in a big bounce scenario [? ? ].

A surprising aspect of the white-hole erebons scenario is that it addresses the low-entropy of the initial cosmological state.

The current arrow of time can be traced back to the homogeneity of the gravitational field at the beginning of the expansion: this homogeneity is the reserve of low-entropy that drives current irreversibile phenomena [? ]. If the big bounce was actually finely dotted by holes with large interior, the metric was not homogeneous. Its low entropy is a consequence of the fact that we do not access the vast interiors of these holes. In other words, it is determined by the peculiar subset of observable to which we happen to have access.

This represents a realisation of the perspectival interpretation of entropy [START_REF] Rovelli | Is Time's Arrow Perspectival?[END_REF]. Entropy depends on a microstate of a system and a choice of macroscopic observables, or coarse graining. For any microstate there is some choice of macroscopic observable that make entropy low. Early universe could have low entropy not because its microstate is peculiar, but because the coarse graining under which we access it is peculiar. Past low entropy, and its consequent irreversible evolution can be real, but perspectival, like the apparent rotation of the sky.

If the cosmos at the big bounce was finely dotted with white holes with large interiors, the gravitational field was not in an improbable homogeneous configuration. It was in a generic crumpled configuration. But being outside all white holes, we find ourselves in a special place, and from the special perspective of this place we see the universe under a coarse graining which defines an entropy that was low in the past.

FIG. 1 :

 1 FIG.1: Left: Extended Schwarzschild spacetime. The (light grey) region outside r = 2m + is equally the outside of a black and a white hole. Center: A collapsing star (dark grey) replaces the white hole region in the non-stationary collapse metric. Right: The time revered process. The difference between the last two is only in the far past or future.

FIG. 2 :

 2 FIG. 2:The full life of a black-white hole.

  P , m P W --→ end .

Acknowledgements The work of FV at UPV/EHU is supported by the grant IT956-16 of the Basque Government and by the grant FIS2017-85076-P (MINECO/AEI/FEDER, UE).