The scorpion diversity of the Horn of Africa is still growing. This week, Frantisek Kovarik and Hassan Elmi published a new species of Barbaracurus Kovarik, Lowe & Stahlavsky, 2018 (Buthidae) from Ethiopia.
Barbaracurus lowei Kovarik & Elmi, 2025
The article has an updated identification key for the genus.
Abstract:
Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia is described and compared with other species of the genus, fully complemented with color photos of specimens of both sexes of the new species, as well as of their habitat. Included is a key for Barbaracurus and a map of the distribution of the genus in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.
Reference:
Kovarik F, Elmi HSA. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XL. Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia (Buthidae). Euscorpius. 2025(417):1–11. [Open Access]
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