Neobuthus

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

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]

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 amoudensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
Neobuthus awashensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2012
Neobuthus berberensis Hirst, 1911
Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001
Neobuthus erigavoensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
Neobuthus eritreaensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2016
Neobuthus factorio Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
Neobuthus ferrugineus Kraepelin, 1898
Neobuthus gubanensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
Neobuthus haeckeli Kovařík, 2019
Neobuthus kloppersi Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
Neobuthus kutcheri Lowe & Kovařík, 2016
Neobuthus maidensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
Neobuthus montanus Kovařík & Lowe, 2018
Neobuthus solegladi Kovařík, 2019
Neobuthus sudanensis Lourenço, 2005

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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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[lowe2018-1] 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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