18 . Buthus egyptiensis Lourenco, 2012

Buthus egyptiensis: Lourenço and Cloudsley-Thompson 2012: 12-16, fig. 1-7; Lourenço and Simon 2012: 12; Rossi 2013: 191-192; Rossi, Tropea and Yağmur 2013: 4, 7.

Type material.

1 F holotype (ZMH N° A20/12), Siwa (approx. 29.17°, 25.46°), Egypt.

Distribution.

known only from the type locality.

Remarks.

One of the four known "inland island" species of Buthus that have been found within the Sahara Desert, although in this case from an Oasis. It is also one of the largest known Buthus species.