Javier Ponce-Saavedra & Oscar Francke have recently described a new species of Centruroides from Mexico:
Centruroides hirsutipalpus Ponce-Saavedra & Francke, 2009 (Buthidae)
The new speices is considered to be medical important!
Abstract:
Centruroides hirsutipalpus sp. nov. from the region of Minatitlán, Colima, Mexico is described. The new species is compared with C. elegans Thorell and C. tecomanus Hoffmann, which are morphologically and geographically closely related. Comparisons with other species of “striped” Centruroides from central and western Mexico are included. This medically important species had not been collected previously.
Reference:
Saavedra JP, Francke OF. Descripcion de una nueva de alacran con importancia medica del genero Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del estado de Colima, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 2009;80:647-58. [Free fulltext, but current issue not published online yet]
Family Buthidae
16 December, 2009
A new Centruroides from Mexico
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