Frantisek Kovarik and Frantisek Stahlavsky have recently published the description of a new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 (Buthidae) from Iraq.
Compsobuthus hadeki Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2026
Abstract:
A new species, Compsobuthus hadeki sp. n. from Iraq is described and fully complemented with color photographs and compared with morphologically the most similar species, C. matthiesseni (Birula, 1905). The two species can be unequivocally separated by the following morphological features: in C. hadeki sp. n., movable finger of pedipalp bears 9 rows of granules; telson with aculeus shorter than vesicle, and metasoma III with 10 carinae. Cytogenetic analysis was performed, revealing a diploid chromosome count of 22 in C. hadeki sp. n.
Reference:
Kovarik F, Stahlavsky F. Compsobuthus hadeki sp. n. from Iraq (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius. 2026(432):1–8. [Open Access]
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