11 February, 2019

A new species of Centruroides from Mexico


Mexico is a hotspot for the medical important genus Centruroides Marx, 1890 (Buthidae) with appr. 45 species registered and now Javier Ponce-Saavedra and Oscar F. Francke have described a new species from Sonora State, Mexico.

Centruroides lauriadnae Ponce-Saavedra & Francke, 2019

Abstract:
Centruroides lauriadnae sp. n. is described from Sonora State, Mexico. This species belongs to the so called “striped” group in the genus (sensu Hoffmann, 1932). It is compared with the 2 other species recorded for Sonora: C. pallidiceps Pocock and C. sculpturatus Ewing, as well as compared with C. suffusus (Pocock) of northern México.

Reference:
Ponce-Saavedra J, Francke OF. Una especie nueva de alacrán del género Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del noroeste de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 2019;90:e902660. [Open Access]

Family Buthidae

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