The genus Akentrobuthus (Buthidae) is probably one of the most enigmatic African buthids, and no specimens of the genus have been collected for more than 30 years. Vignoli & Prendini (2008) have recently described a new species from the small Western African country Benin.
Akentrobuthus atakora Vignoli & Prendini, 2008 (Buthidae)
Reference:
Vignoli, V. and Prendini, L. (2008). A new species of Akentrobuthus Lamoral, 1976 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Republic of Benin (Western Africa). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 4, 61-70. [Free fulltext from The Scorpion Systematics Research Group]
Family Buthidae
19 February, 2009
A new species in the African genus Akentrobuthus from Benin
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