A new species of Androctonus from Turkey

 

Ersen Yagmur has recently published a new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Buthidae) from the Iğdır Province in Turkey.

Androctonus kunti Yagmur, 2023

The new species should be considered medically important as its close relative A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807).

Abstract:
A new species Androctonus kunti sp. n. is described and illustrated from Iğdır Province of Turkey. This population was first recorded by Birula (1896) as A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807). A. kunti sp. n. is compared with A. crassicauda as well as A. turkiyensis Yağmur, 2021, which was recently described from Turkey.

Reference:
Yagmur EA. Androctonus kunti sp. n. from Iğdır Province, Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius. 2023(371):1-23. [Open Access]

Thanks to Ersen for sending me his new article!

Family Buthidae