Rolando Teruel and Carlos Turiel are still publishing new taxa from their ongoing study of the scorpion fauna of the Iberian Peninsula. In the current article a new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 is described from the Cabo de Gata region of southeastern Andalucia in southern Spain.
Buthus iaspis Teruel & Turiel, 2022
Abstract:
The present paper is the fourth contribution of our taxonomic revision of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 in the Iberian Peninsula. Herein, we describe a new species from the Cabo de Gata region of southeastern Andalucia (southern Spain). This species is morphologically remarkable and resembles only Buthus manchego Teruel & Turin, 2020, known only from the upper Guadina river basin in the Submeseta Sur, in the area where Ciudad Real adjoins Albacete (central Spain). The West European diversity of Buthus now reaches 17 species, all of them being local endemics.
Reference:
Teruel R, Turiel C. The genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Iberian peninsula. Part 4: A new species from southern Spain. Revista Iberica de Arachnologia. 2022(40):19-29.
Thanks to Rolando and Carlos for sending me their article!
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