Buthacus, Birula, 1908

Ythier, Eric, 2022, A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 from Western Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Faunitaxys 10 (28), pp. 1-6 : 2-3

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-10(28)

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F129E4F2-53F5-415C-B8D3-1F4C9C537C42

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15365290

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/571E87F8-FFCA-FFC1-8B3A-FDABFA7BF781

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Felipe

scientific name

Buthacus
status

 

Composition of the genus Buthacus View in CoL in Algeria (in order of description)

- Buthacus arenicola (Simon, 1885)

- Buthacus foleyi Vachon, 1948

- Buthacus algerianus Lourenço, 2006

- Buthacus birulai Lourenço, 2006

- Buthacus armasi Lourenço, 2013

- Buthacus samiae Lourenço & Sadine, 2015

- Buthacus spinatus Lourenço, Bissati & Sadine, 2016 - Buthacus elmenia Lourenço & Sadine, 2017

- Buthacus ahaggar Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2017 - Buthacus sadinei sp. n.

Key to the species of Buthacus View in CoL discussed in this work

1. Tibial spurs of leg III extremely reduced, vestigial or absent......................................................................... 2

— Tibial spurs of leg III moderate........................................................................................................... 3

2. Male pectines with 23-29 teeth............................................................................ B. occidentalis Vachon, 1953 View in CoL

— Male pectines with 36-37 teeth........................................................................... B. mahraouii Lourenço, 2004 View in CoL

3. Tibial spurs of leg IV moderate; chela finger external accessory granules reduced................................................ 4

— Tibial spurs of leg IV long; chela finger external accessory granules moderate to strong......................................... 5

4. Chela movable finger with 10 rows of granules........................................................ B. algerianus Lourenço, 2006 View in CoL

— Chela movable finger with 9 rows of granules........................................................ B. maroccanus Lourenço, 2006 View in CoL

5. Male chela manus very inflated and fingers strongly twisted.................. B. stockmanni Kovařík, Lowe & Šťáhlavský, 2016 View in CoL

— Male chela manus slightly inflated and fingers almost straight....................................................................... 6

6. Chela movable finger with 9 rows of granules.............................................................. B. ziegleri Lourenço, 2000 View in CoL

— Chela movable finger with 10 rows of granules....................................................................... B. sadinei View in CoL sp. n.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Loc

Buthacus

Ythier, Eric 2022
2022
Loc

Buthacus sadinei

Ythier 2022
2022
Loc

Buthacus elmenia Lourenço & Sadine, 2017

Lourenco & Sadine 2017
2017
Loc

Buthacus ahaggar Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2017

Lourenco, Kourim & Sadine 2017
2017
Loc

Buthacus spinatus Lourenço, Bissati & Sadine, 2016

Lourenco, Bissati & Sadine 2016
2016
Loc

Buthacus samiae Lourenço & Sadine, 2015

Lourenco & Sadine 2015
2015
Loc

Buthacus armasi Lourenço, 2013

Lourenco 2013
2013
Loc

Buthacus algerianus Lourenço, 2006

Lourenco 2006
2006
Loc

Buthacus birulai Lourenço, 2006

Lourenco 2006
2006
Loc

Buthacus foleyi

Vachon 1948
1948
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