Buthus boumalenii
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Ordo: Scorpiones
Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Buthus
Name
Buthus boumalenii Touloun & Boumezzough, 2011 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Buthus boumalenii: Touloun and Boumezzough 2011a[1]: 183–186, fig. 2–7; Pedroso et al. 2013[2]: 300; Aboumaâd et al. 2014[3]: 6; El Hidan et al. 2016: 4.
Type material
1 F holotype (UCAM), Tineghir (approx. 31.366°, -5.905°), Boumalene, Morocco. Paratypes: 1 M (UCAM), 1 M, 1 F (MNHN, N° RS8891), all from the same locality.
Distribution
known only from the Boumalne region of Morocco (El Hidan et al. 2016).
Remarks
This species is the only known representative of a phylogenetic lineage present east of the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Because of its phylogenetic uniqueness, the conservation of this species should have top priority.
Taxon Treatment
- Sousa, P; Arnedo, M; Harris, D; 2017: Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) ZooKeys, (686): 15-84. doi
Other References
- ↑ Touloun O, Boumezzough A (2011a) 1 Une nouvelle espèce du genre Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) du Maroc. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48: 183–187. http://www.sea-entomologia.org/PDF/BSEA48ARACNO/B48183.pdf.
- ↑ Pedroso D, Sousa P, Harris D, van der Meijden A (2013) Phylogeography of Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae): a multigene molecular approach reveals a further complex evolutionary history in the Maghreb. African Invertebrates 48: 298–308. https://doi.org/10.3377/004.048.0216
- ↑ Aboumaâd B, Iba N, Dersi N (2014) L'envenimation scorpionique au Maroc: scorpions du genre Androctonus, Buthus et Hottentota. Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique 107: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13149-014-0332-7