A new species of the rare buthid scorpion genus Lissothus Vachon, 1948 from Central Algeria (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Wilson Roberto Lourenço; Salah Eddine Sadine

doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2014.04.006

A new species of the rare buthid scorpion genus Lissothus Vachon, 1948 from Central Algeria (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

C R Biol. 2014 Jun;337(6):416-22. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2014.04.006. Epub 2014 Jun 6.

Authors

Wilson Roberto Lourenço¹, Salah Eddine Sadine²

Affiliations

¹ Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, département Systématique et Évolution, UMR7205, CP 053, 57, rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: arachne@mnhn.fr.
² Laboratoire de recherche sur la phœniciculture, Faculté des sciences de la nature et de la vie et sciences de la Terre et de l'Univers, Université Kasdi Merbah-Ouargla, Merbah-Ouargla, Algeria; Département des Sciences agronomiques, Faculté des sciences de la nature et de la vie et sciences de la terre, Université de Ghardaïa, BP 455 Ghardaïa 47000, Algeria.

PMID: 24961562
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2014.04.006

Abstract

Taxonomic considerations are given for the genus Lissothus Vachon, 1948 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Two species are currently known, Lissothus bernardi Vachon, 1948 from Libya and Lissothus occidentalis Vachon, 1950 from Mauritania. In this contribution, a new species, Lissothus chaambi sp. n., is described from the desert of Central Algeria. The new species is most closely related to L. bernardi. The geographical distribution of the genus is discussed.

Keywords: Algeria; Algérie; Buthidae; Lissothus; New species; Nouvelle espèce; Sahara; Scorpion.

MeSH terms

Africa, Northern
Algeria
Animals
Classification
Environment
Extremities / anatomy & histology
Female
Male
Scorpions / anatomy & histology
Scorpions / classification
Scorpions / physiology*