New insights into the taxonomy of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 in Jordan and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Abstract

We describe here a new species of Buthus from south-western Jordan. The new species shows several common morphological features with Buthus amri Lourenço, Yağmur & Duhem, 2010, described from the region of Aqaba suggesting that both species may correspond to vicariant elements of a common ancestry.

Keywords:

• Scorpion
• Jordan
• vicariant species

Supplementary Material

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Acknowledgement

We are most grateful to Elise-Anne Leguin, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, for producing the habitus photos Buthus amri.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.