Observations on the remarkable disrupted geographical distribution of the genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898 in North Africa, with the description of a new species from Egypt (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Wilson R Lourenço; Bernard Duhem

doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2007.03.004

Observations on the remarkable disrupted geographical distribution of the genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898 in North Africa, with the description of a new species from Egypt (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

C R Biol. 2007 May;330(5):439-45. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.03.004. Epub 2007 Apr 18.

Authors

Wilson R Lourenço¹, Bernard Duhem

Affiliation

¹ Département de systématique et évolution, USM 0602, section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 053, 61, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France. arachne@mnhn.fr

PMID: 17531794
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.03.004

Abstract

A disrupted Perisaharan pattern of distribution is confirmed for the species of the genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898. A new species, Microbuthus flavorufus sp. n., is described from Egypt, raising the total number of known species of the genus to five.

MeSH terms

Animals
Desert Climate
Ecosystem
Egypt
Female
Geography
Scorpions / anatomy & histology*