Buthus lourencoi Rossi, Tropea & Yagmur, 2013 is a new species from Libya presented in the journal Euscorpius. |
Andrea Rossi and co-workers have described a new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 (Buthidae) from Libya.
Buthus lourencoi Rossi, Tropea & Yagmur, 2013
There is an identification key for the genus Buthus for part of North Africa in the paper.
Abstract:
Although Libya covers a very wide territory in northern Africa, only two species of the genus Buthus have been recorded from this country: B. tunetanus (Herbst, 1800) and B. barcaeus Birula, 1909. In the present study, a third species, Buthus lourencoi sp. n., closely related to Buthus egyptiensis Lourenço et Cloudsley-Thompson 2012, is described from west Libya, around the area of Tripoli. An identification key for the scorpions of the genus Buthus (Leach, 1815) that occur in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt is provided.
Reference:
Rossi A, Tropea G, Yagmur EA. A New Species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Libya (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius. 2013 (167):1-10. [Free full text]
Thanks to Gioele Tropea for sending me the paper!
Family Buthidae
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