More news from the Iberian Pennisula

 

We are not quite finished with news from the Iberian Pennisula after my two posts yesterday. In a recent article by Rolando Teruel and Carlos Turiel they have revised the status of two previously synonymized species from Spain and Portugal. They were originally described in the genus Androctonus and later synonymized with Buthus occitanus: Simon, 1879. Both species are restored as valid species.

Buthus ajax (C. L. Koch, 1839) (Spain)

Buthus halius (C. L. Koch, 1839) (Portugal)

Abstract:
The present paper is a continuation of our taxonomic revision of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 in the Iberian Peninsula. In this second contribution we revalidate two old and virtually neglected species: Buthus ajax (C. L. Koch, 1839) and Buthus halius (C. L. Koch, 1839). We redescribe both taxa in detail (with the designation of neotypes to stabilise the nomenclature) and clarify their geographical distribution. The West European diversity of Buthus now reaches 12 species, all of them local endemics.

Reference:
Teruel R, Turiel C. The genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Iberian Pennisula. Part 2: Two more redescriptions. Revista Iberica de Arachnologia. 2021(38):3-20.

Thanks to Rolando and Carlos for sending me their article!

Family Buthidae