A new species of Buthacus from Algeria

 

Salah Eddine Sadine and co-workers have recently published a new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Buthidae) from Central Algeria.

Buthacus deserticus Sadine, Souilem, Lourenço & Ythier, 2024

Abstract:
A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 is described on the basis of specimens collected in the region of Ghardaïa, Central Algeria. Buthacus deserticus sp. n. belongs to the Buthacus leptochelys (Ehrenberg 1829) complex of species. It is compared with the two other species of the “leptochelys” complex occurring in the region, namely B. spinatus Lourenço, Bissati & Sadine, 2016 and B. elmenia Lourenço & Sadine, 2017. This new taxon represents the 12th known Buthacus species reported from Algeria. A map of the geographical distribution of the Algerian Buthacus species is presented. Emended diagnosis is also provided for Buthacus spinatus Lourenço, Bissati & Sadine, 2016 based on additional material.

Reference:
Sadine SE, Souilem Z, Chedad A, Bahri C, Zebsa R, Houhamdi M, et al. A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 from the Algerian Saharan Desert (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys. 2024;12(9):1-9. [Open Access]

Thanks to Gerard Dupre and Eric Ythier for sending me this article!

Family Buthidae