Buthacus amitaii, Cain & Gefen & Prendini, 2021

Cain, Shlomo, Gefen, Eran & Prendini, Lorenzo, 2021, Systematic Revision Of The Sand Scorpions, Genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837) Of The Levant, With Redescription Of Buthacus Arenicola (Simon, 1885) From Algeria And Tunisia, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2021 (450), pp. 1-137 : 25

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090.450.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5479376

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scientific name

Buthacus amitaii
status

sp. nov.

Buthacus amitaii View in CoL , sp. nov.

Figures 1A View FIGURE 1 , 2A, B View FIGURE 2 , 7, 15, 17E, F, 20C, D, 21A,

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FIGURE 1. Buthacus Birula, 1908, representative habitats. A. Mamshit [Kurnub], Israel, habitat of Buthacus amitaii, sp. nov. B. Naftah to Ong Jmal, Tunisia, habitat of Buthacus arenicola (Simon, 1885). C. Faiyum Oasis, Egypt, habitat of Buthacus leptochelys (Ehrenberg, 1829). D. Ashdod Nizzanim Nature Reserve, Israel, habitat of Buthacus nitzani Levy et al., 1973, stat. nov. E. Yotvata, Israel, habitat of Buthacus arava, sp. nov., and Buthacus yotvatensis Levy et al., 1973, stat. rev. F. Be’er Milka, Israel, Holot Haluza sand dunes, Israel, habitat of Buthacus levyi, sp. nov., and B. nitzani.

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FIGURE 2. Buthacus Birula, 1908, habitus in life. A, B. Buthacus amitaii, sp. nov., ♂ (A), ♀ (B). C, D. Buthacus nitzani Levy et al., 1973, stat. nov., ♂ (C), ♀ (D). E, F. Buthacus levyi, sp. nov., ♂ (E), ♀ (F).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Genus

Buthacus