A new species of Centruroides from Mexico

 

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Javier Ponce-Saavedra and co-workers have recently described a new species of Centruroides Marx, 1890 (Buthidae) from the state of Sinaloa, Northwestern Mexico.

Centruroides baldazoi Ponce-Saavedra, Linares-Guillen & Quijano-Ravell, 2022

Abstract:
Centruroides baldazoi sp. nov. is described based on a coastal population of scorpions from the state of Sinaloa, Northwestern Mexico. The new species belongs to the "striped" group of scorpions (sensu Hoffmann, 1932) and the subgroup "infamatus" according to Ponce-Saavedra and Francke (2019). Morphological comparison is made with Centruroides suffusus, a species of the same group that is registered for the state of Sinaloa; with C. infamatus species that gives its name to the subgroup and that has historical records in Sinaloa, and with C. ornatus which its general appearance could be confused with the new species. With this addition the species of the genus Centruroides from Sinaloa now comprises: C. edwardsii, and C. noxius of the group of "non striped" scorpions in addition to C. infamatus, C. pallidiceps, C. suffusus and the new species of the group of "striped" scorpions. The new species share habitat with Thorellius wixarica which is a new record for the state of Sinaloa, and Paravaejovis aff.  spinigerus, both species of the family Vaejovidae.

Reference:
Ponce-Saavedra J, Linares-Guillén JW, Quijano-Ravell AF. Una nueva especie de alacrán del género Centruroides Marx (Scorpiones: Buthidae) de la costa Noroeste de México. Acta Zoologica Mexicana (NS). 2022;38:1-24. [Open Access]

Family Buthidae