A new species of Buthus from Somaliland

 

Frantisek Kovarik and co-workers have published a new species from The Horn of Africa. This time a new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 (Buthidae) has been discovered in Somaliland. The name of the new species is given because this is now the smallest species in the genus.

Buthus pygmaeus Kovarik, Lowe, Stahlavsky & Elmi, 2025

The article has an identification key for the Buthus species in The Horn of African.

Abstract:
New data are presented on the distribution of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 in the Horn of Africa, mainly in Somaliland. B. pygmaeus sp. n. is described, fully complemented with color photographs of live and preserved specimens, as well as their habitats. In addition to the analysis of external morphology and hemispermatophore, we provide a description of the karyotype of B. pygmaeus sp. n. (2n=22). A key and distribution map of Buthus in the Horn of Africa (six species) are included.

Reference:
Kovarik F, Lowe G, Stahlavsky F, Elmi HSA. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXXIX. Buthus pygmaeus sp. n. from Somaliland (Buthidae). Euscorpius. 2025(415):1–14. [Open Access]

Family Buthidae

A new species of Chaerilus from Pakistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Eric Ythier & Wilson Lourenco have recently described a new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 (Chaerilidae) from northern Pakistan.

Chaerilus pakistanus Ythier & Lourenco, 2025

Abstract:
A new species belonging to the genus Chaerilus Simon, 1877 is described from northern Pakistan. The new species is morphologically compared with the geographically closest species occurring in northern Pakistan, northern India and Nepal. This new taxon represents the 60th decribed species among the currently recognized species for the genus Chaerilus.

Reference:
Ythier E, Lourenco WR. A new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 from Pakistan (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae). Faunitaxys. 2025;13(27):1–6. [Open Access]

Family Chaerilidae