A new species of Isometrus from India

 

Mahesh Bangar and co-workers have recently described a new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Buthidae) from The Deccan Plateau in India.

Isometrus dnyandeoi Bandgar, Kininge, Bhosale, Bandgar & Bhosale, 2024

Abstract:
We described a new species of the scorpion genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 based on six specimens near Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Isometrus dnyandeo sp. nov. represent the eighteenth described species, and the first new species described from the agricultural land outside of Ghat region. Genetically I. dnyandeo sp. nov. is distinct from I. amboli with a genetic divergence of 8.6% (COI) and shows a high divergence with I. palani (16.2%).

Reference:
Bandgar M, Kininge S, Bhosale A, Bandgar K, Bhosale D, Suryavanshi A, et al. A new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 2024;121(3). [Subscription required for full text]

Thanks to Gerard Dupre for sending me this article!

Family Buthidae