Buthus egyptiensis
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Ordo: Scorpiones
Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Buthus
Name
Buthus egyptiensis Lourenço, 2012 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Buthus egyptiensis: Lourenço and Cloudsley-Thompson 2012[1]: 12–16, fig. 1–7; Lourenço and Simon 2012[2]: 12; Rossi 2013[3]: 191–192; Rossi, Tropea and Yağmur 2013: 4, 7.
Type material
1 F holotype (ZMH N° A20/12), Siwa (approx. 29.17°, 25.46°), Egypt.
Distribution
known only from the type locality.
Remarks
One of the four known “inland island” species of Buthus that have been found within the Sahara Desert, although in this case from an Oasis. It is also one of the largest known Buthus species.
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
- ↑ Lourenço W, Cloudsley-Thompson J (2012) A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Egypt (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 16: 11–18.
- ↑ Lourenço W, Simon E (2012) Confirmation of a new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Alexandria, Egypt (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Serket 13: 8–15.
- ↑ Rossi A (2013) A new species of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 from Egypt (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali “Enrico Caffi”, Bergamo 26: 187–194. http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/images/stories/museo/Rivista_museo/26_volume/Rossi_2013_new_Buthus_from_Egypt.pdf (October 9, 2013).
