Luis de Armas & Rolando Teruel have recently published an article discussion the identity of Centruroides hoffmanni Armas 1996 (Buthidae) in Mexico. This work has also resulted in the description of a new species of Centruroides from Chiapas, Mexico, previously misidentified as C. hoffmanni.
Centruroides concordia Armas & Teruel, 2021
Abstract:
The Mexican scorpion Centruroides hoffmanni Armas, 1996 was described on the basis of a supposed adult female (actually a juvenile) from La Gloria, Arriaga Municipality, southwest of the Chiapas State. In its redescription, this species was also recorded from the southeastern of Oaxaca State. Nevertheless, in the recent revision of the “thorellii” species-group of the genus Centruroides Marx, 1890, a new species from Chiapas was misidentified as C. hoffmanni and, also, an erroneous new diagnosis was given for C. hoffmanni. In the present contribution, this new species is named Centruroides concordia sp. n., and the correct identity of C. hoffmanni is established.
Reference:
de Armas LF, Teruel R. The correct identity of Centruroides hoffmanni Armas, 1996 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with the description of a new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Euscorpius. 2021(339):1-5. [Open Access]
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