Nine new species from mountain areas in Chad

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE SCORPION FILES!

Wilson Lourenco, Bernard Duhem and John Cloudsley-Thompson have recently published a paper describing nine new species based on materials from a collection of scorpions from the Ennedi, Kapka and Tibesti mountain massifs in Chad.

Buthidae:

Androctonus pallidus Lourenco, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012

Buthacus golovatchi Lourenco, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012

Butheoloides granulatus Lourenco, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012

Buthus hassanini Lourenco, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012

Compsobuthus boucheti Lourenco, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012

Hottentotta mateui Lourenco, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012

Orthochirus minor Lourenco, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012
Orthochirus tibesti Lourenco, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012

Scorpionidae:

Scorpio ennedi Lourenco, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012

Abstract:
 

Reference:
Lourenco WR, Duhem B, Cloudsley Thompson JL. Scorpions from Ennedi, Kapka and Tibesti, the mountains of Chad, with descriptions of nine new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 2012;21(4):307-38. [Free full text]

Thanks to professor Lourenco for sending me his paper!

Family Buthidae

Family Scorpionidae