A new species of Androctonus from Turkey

 

Ersen Yagmur has recently published the description of a new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Buthidae) from the Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey.

Androctonus turkiyensis Yagmur, 2021

The populations of this species have previously been identified as Anrodoctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807).

Abstract:
A new species Androctonus turkiyensis sp. n. is described and illustrated from the Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey. The new species is compared with A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), which was previously misidentified from Turkey. A. crassicauda specimens used for comparison were collected from Kashan County (Iran), the type locality of this species; a neotype from Kashan is designated.

Reference:
Yagmur EA. Androctonus turkiyensis sp. n. from the Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius. 2021(341):1-18. [Open Access]

Family Buthidae