A new scorpion species from Kenya, Gint childsi sp. n. (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Evidence for recombination in scorpion mitochondrial DNA (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

There has been very little undisputed evidence for recombination in animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) provided so far. Previous unpublished results suggestive of mtDNA recombination in the scorpion family Buthidae, together with cytological evidence for a unique mechanism of mitochondrial fusion in that family, prompted us to investigate this group in more details. First, we sequenced the comple...

A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Cyprus (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

During the last decade, several contributions to the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (family Buthidae) and especially to the 'Buthus occitanus' species complex were proposed. These contributions led to the definition of several species, previously considered only as subspecies or varieties, and also to the description of new species. In the present study, the questionable presence of the genus Buthus ...

A New Species of the Genus Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Northeast India

A new species of Tityus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from El Edén Cave, Colombia.

A new scorpion species, Tityus (Tityus) grottoedensis sp. nov., is herein described based on male and female specimens collected in El Edén Cave and its vicinities (Tolima department, Colombia). The new species, which becomes the first scorpion described from a Colombian cave, is probably a eutroglophile or subtroglophile element; however, additional studies are needed to determine the degree o...

The First Report of Tityus (scorpiones: Buthidae) in Anzoátegui State, Venezuela. a New Species

Tityus gonzalespongai n. sp. is a species endemic to the high mountains of Anzoátegui State, Venezuela. It is found between 1,600 and 2,200 m in “La Laguna” mountain. Its habitat includes the area of “Bosque Húmedo Montano Bajo” with the type of vegetation of “Bosque Ombrófilo Montano Siempreverde” (“Bosques Nublados Costeros” that includes the “Subpáramos Arbustivos”). It is distinguished from...