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Javier Ponce-Saavedra and co-workers recently published an article with a redescription of Centruroides infamatus (C.L. Koch, 1844) from Mexico. The study also identify a new species that previously were considered a population of this species from the municipality of Jalpa in the southern region of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico.
Centruroides rommeli Ponce-Saavedra, Linares-Guillen, Quijano-Ravell & Chassin-Noria, 2025
The article is in Spanish.
Abstract:
Centruroides infamatus (C.L. Koch) is redescribed based on individuals obtained from a population from the León, Guanajuato region, in central Mexico. The species is redescribed because in the original description only the country is mentioned as the type locality with no further details. Also, Centruroides rommeli sp. nov. is described based on individuals obtained from a population of scorpions from Jalpa, municipality of Jalpa in the southern region of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. This species is placed in the subgroup "infamatus" as part of the "striped" scorpions. Morphological comparisons are carried out with C. suffusus (Pocock) and C. vittatus (Say), both species that belong to the same subgroup talso recorded in Zacatecas. Additionally, is included the redescription of C. infamatus, because the population of the new species was previously identified with this specific name. Centruroides rommeli sp. nov. is sympatric with Mesomexovis spadix (Hoffmann), scorpions of the Vaejovidae family.
Reference:
Ponce J, Linares Guillén JW, Quijano-Ravell A, Chassin-Noria O. Redescription of Centruroides infamatus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and description of a new species of “striped” scorpion of the “infamatus” subgroup from north-central México. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina. 2025;84(4):e0409. [Full text supplied by authors]
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