Updated records of scorpion stowaways discovered in United Kingdom

 

In 2023, Daniella Sherwood and Luis de Armas published an article presenting old and new records of scorpions detected as stowaways in the United Kingdom. In a recent article, Daniella Sherwood and co-workers present updated information on scorpion stowaways discovered in the UK.

Abstract:
No abstract.

Reference:
Sherwood D, De Armas L, Tchilinguirian J. Additions to the list of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) intercepted as stowaways in the United Kingdom. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society. 2024(161):3-5. [Access supplied by authors]

Thanks to Daniella for sending me link to the article!

A new species of Isometrus from India

 

Mahesh Bangar and co-workers have recently described a new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Buthidae) from The Deccan Plateau in India.

Isometrus dnyandeoi Bandgar, Kininge, Bhosale, Bandgar & Bhosale, 2024

Abstract:
We described a new species of the scorpion genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 based on six specimens near Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Isometrus dnyandeo sp. nov. represent the eighteenth described species, and the first new species described from the agricultural land outside of Ghat region. Genetically I. dnyandeo sp. nov. is distinct from I. amboli with a genetic divergence of 8.6% (COI) and shows a high divergence with I. palani (16.2%).

Reference:
Bandgar M, Kininge S, Bhosale A, Bandgar K, Bhosale D, Suryavanshi A, et al. A new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 2024;121(3). [Subscription required for full text]

Thanks to Gerard Dupre for sending me this article!

Family Buthidae