First Description of the Female and Morphological Analysis of Buthacus ahaggar Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2017 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Abstract

Buthacus ahaggar Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2017 was originally described based on a male holotype specimen from the Tamanrasset Region, Algeria. In this study, the morphology of the species is redescribed based additional specimens collected from the same region, including both sexes. We describe the female morphology here for the first time. A detailed color illustration is also provided.

Keywords

• scorpion
• Tamanrasset
• Redescription
• Algeria

Buthacus ahaggar Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2017'ın Morfolojisi ve Bilinmeyen Dişinin İlk Deskripsiyonu (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Abstract

Buthacus ahaggar Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2017 ilk olarak Cezayir'in Tamanrasset Bölgesi’nden bir erkek holotip örneğine dayanarak tanımlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada, türün morfolojisi her iki cinsiyeti de içeren aynı bölgeden toplanan ek örneklere dayanarak yeniden tanımlanmıştır. Dişi morfolojisi burada ilk kez tanımlanmıştır. Ayrıntılı şekilde renkli resimleri de verilmiştir.

Keywords

• Redeskripsyon
• Cezayir
• Tamanrasset
• akrep

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