Heat waves all over Europe these days (even here in the middle of Norway), but hopefully we will not have populations of the medical important genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Buthidae) in Europe in the near future. But they do exist in Africa, and this week Ersen Yagmur and his co-workers published a new species from the Fezzan Province in Libya.
Leiurus fezzanensis Yagmur, Aboshaala & Kovarik, 2025
Abstract
Leiurus fezzanensis sp. n. is described from the Fezzan Province, Libya. Detailed illustrations and a map showing the distributions of all Leiurus species in Africa are given. Leiurus fezzanensis
differs from granulations of carapace, trichobothrial pattern on fixed finger, granulation of fifth segment of metasoma and pectinal tooth
count. Since L. libycusBirula, 1908 was recently excluded from the scorpion fauna of Libya, L. fezzanensis is currently the only Leiurus species known from the country.
Reference:
Yagmur EA, Aboshaala F, Kovarik F. Leiurus fezzanensis sp. n. from Fezzan Province, Libya (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Journal of Natural History. 2025;59(29-32):2035–49. [Subscription required for full text]
Thanks to Ersen for sending me their new paper!
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