Ersen Yagmur and co-workers recently published a new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Buthidae) from Iraq. The new species has previously been misidentified as A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807).
Androctonus ishtar Yagmur, Kachel, Al-Khazali, Al-Jubouri & Ali 2025
Abstract:
A new species, Androctonus ishtar sp. n., is described and illustrated from the Dohuk and Nineveh provinces of Iraq. This new species was previously misidentified as A. crassicauda Olivier. Androctonus sumericus Al-Khazali and Yağmur, and A. turkiyensis Yağmur, are distributed in territories close to those of A. ishtar sp. n. The new species differs from A. crassicauda in the morphology of the fifth metasomal segment, from A. sumericus in its elongate chela, and from A. turkiyensis in the trichobothrial arrangement on the fixed fingers of the chela.
Reference:
Yağmur EA, Saeid KH, Mohammed A-KA, Karim A-JMA, and Ali FR. Androctonus ishtar sp. n. from Dohuk and Nineveh provinces, Iraq (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Journal of Natural History. 2025;59(25-28):1757–73. [Subscription required for full text]
Thanks to Ersen for sending me their new article!
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