Eric Ythier and Cedric Audibert have recently published a new species of Pandinus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpionidae) from the Sahelian wooded steppes in Burkina Faso.
Pandinus sahelicus Ythier & Audibert, 2023
The article presents an updated identification key for the genus Pandinus.
Abstract:
A new species of the genus Pandinus Thorell, 1876 is described on the basis of six males and three females collected in the Sahelian wooded steppes of Burkina Faso. The new species is mainly characterized by a small size, a reduced pectinal tooth count, a length to depth ratio of fourth metasomal segment lower than 2, a number of ventral trichobothria on pedipalp patella lower than 30, tergites and internal face of pedipalp chela almost smooth and chela manus paler than body. The new taxon described here raises the number of currently recognized species for the genus Pandinus to five and the number of known scorpion species in Burkina Faso to eight.
Reference:
Ythier E, Audibert C. A new species of Pandinus Thorell, 1876 from the Sahelian wooded steppes of Burkina Faso (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Serket. 2023;19(4):398-411. [Open Access]
Thanks to Eric Ythier and Hisham El-Hennaway for informing me about this article!
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