Neobuthus

Neobuthus is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It is distributed across the Horn of Africa; in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Kenya and Djibouti.[1]

Neobuthus
Neobuthus erigavoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Neobuthus
Hirst, 1911
Type species
Neobuthus berberensis
Hirst, 1911

Taxonomy

First described by Hirst in 1911, the genus was redefined in 2012 in reviews by Kovařík and Lowe. With its difference from the genus Butheolus settled, it remained a poorly understood taxon due to lack of materials, with several isolated specimens acquired in 2010–2011 provisionally categorized as Neobuthus ferrugineus.[1] Further expeditions to Somaliland, Kenya and Djibouti carried out in the following years allowed for the scope of the genus to be studied with more depth, with seven new species being confirmed in 2018.[1] Neobuthus sudanensis, having a poor original description and still unexamined female specimen, is still unclear as an independent species.[1]

Species
  • Neobuthus berberensis Hirst, 1911
  • Neobuthus amoudensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
  • Neobuthus awashensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2012
  • Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001
  • Neobuthus erigavoensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
  • Neobuthus factorio Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
  • Neobuthus ferrugineus Kraepelin, 1898
  • Neobuthus gubanensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
  • Neobuthus kloppersi Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
  • Neobuthus kutcheri Lowe & Kovařík, 2016
  • Neobuthus maidensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
  • Neobuthus montanus Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
  • Neobuthus sudanensis Lourenço, 2005

References
  1. Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Awale, Ahmed Ibrahim; Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman; Hurre, Ali Abdi (12 December 2018). Fet, Victor (ed.). "Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XVII. Revision of Neobuthus, with Description of Seven New Species from Ethiopia, Kenya and Somaliland (Buthidae)" (PDF). Euscorpius. 271.
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