A new species of Tityus from Ecuador

 

Wilson Lourenco and Elise-Anne Leguin have recently described a new species of Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836 (Buthidae) from Ecuador.

Tityus cuyabeno Lourenco & Leguin.

The article also comments on the distribution of a few other Tityus species in Eucador and the scorpion diversity in this country. 

Abstract: 
A new species of Tityus, subgenus Atreus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) is described from the Province of Sucumbíos in the Ecuadorian Amazonia. Although a noticeable number of studies have been produced on the Ecuadorian scorpion fauna in recent years, many regions of this country remain unexplored. Comments about the remarkable diversity present in Ecuador are addressed and discussed.

Reference:
Lourenco WR, Leguin E-A. New comments on the scorpion diversity of Ecuador and descrption of a new species of Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Revista Iberica de Arachnologia. 2025(46):27–32. [No full text available]

Thanks to Michiel Cozijn for sending me this article!

Family Buthidae