06 December, 2017
A new Centruroides from Southwestern Caribbean
Rolando Teruel and Brandon Myers recently published a new species of Centruroides Marz, 1890 (Buthidae) from Southwestern Caribbean.
Centruroides caribbeanus Teruel & Myers, 2017
Abstract:
Herein we describe a new species of the Buthidae scorpion genus Centruroides Marx, 1890. It occurs at least in two small offshore islands of the southwestern Caribbean: Cozumel in Mexico and Guanaja in Honduras, based upon type specimens from the former and photographic evidence from the latter. It belongs in the "gracilis" species-group and is most closely related to both Centruroides gracilis (Latreille, 1805) and Centruroides nigrescens (Pocock, 1898).
Reference:
Teruel R, Myers B. A New Island Species of Centruroides Marx, 1890 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Southwestern Caribbean. Euscorpius. 2017(252):1-14. [Open Access]
Family Buthidae
Submitted by
Jan Ove Rein (editor)
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Keywords:
Buthidae,
Caribbean,
Central America,
Centruroides,
distribution,
Honduras,
Mexico,
new species,
North America,
taxonomy
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