Buthus lienhardi Lourenço, 2003

Ythier, Eric & François, Alexandre, 2023, The scorpion fauna of the Oriental region in Morocco (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae) with description of three new species of the genus Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758., Faunitaxys 11 (3), pp. 1-15 : 6

Buthus lienhardi Lourenço, 2003

Material examined (5 ex.).

- Morocco, Bou Iblane , 33.64595 lat. -4.10403 lon., ID 592, 11/X/2008 (A. François, H. Hdidou), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Taffert , refuge, 33.68344 lat. -4.01114 lon., ID 4969/4970, 12/IV/2010 (A. François, H. Hdidou), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Taffert , refuge, 33.64949 lat. -4.16266 lon., ID 5704, 01/V/2010 (A. François, C. Galkowski, M. Sbai), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Almis des Marmoucha , ID 587, 31/III/2002 (J. Yvernault), ECWP .

Distribution and remarks. – B. lienhardi , described from the high Atlas in the south of Marrakech, is widely distributed throughout the highAtlas (Vachon, 1952, Lourenço, 2003, 2017,Touloun et al., 2014, Dupré,2017, ElHidan etal., 2017,Sousa et al., 2017,Touloun,2019). Thisisthe first reportof B.lienhardi from the Oriental region,where it was collected in the Djebel Bou Iblane ( Fig. 2 ).

Figures

Fig. 1-4. Topographic map of the Oriental region in Morocco and surroundings areas showing the collection sites of Androctonus, Buthus, Hottentotta and Scorpio species (symbols with white cross showing the type localities). 1. Androctonus. 2. Buthus. 3. Hottentotta. 4. Scorpio.