A new species of Compsobuthus from Saudi Arabia (Arachnida: Scorpiones).

Autor: Afifeh, Bassam Abu, Aloufi, Abdulhadi, Al-Saraireh, Mohammad, Amr, Zuhair
Zdroj: Zoology in the Middle East; Dec 2021, Vol. 67 Issue 4, p365-372, 8p
Abstrakt: A new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Compsobuthus is described based on a single male specimen collected from Ain El-Hamah, Khaybar, Saudi Arabia. The new species, Compsobuthus khaybari sp. n., belongs to the werneri group of Compsobuthus and is closely related with C. longipalpis and C. fuscatus. A key for species of the genus Compsobuthus known from Saudi Arabia is given. With this new species, the number of Compsobuthus species increases to six. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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