Buthus turkana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Buthus
Species: Buthus turkana

Name

Buthus turkana Ythier & Lourenço 2022

Type locality: Kenya, Turkana County, N Lokitaung (near to the borders with Ethiopia and South Sudan), 420 m alt.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. XI.1970. legit D. Rodhain.

References

• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. First record of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 from Kenya (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and description of a new species. Serket 19(1): 1–6. PDF. Reference page.