Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae)
We describe and illustrate a new scorpion species, Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov., from the Mecca Province of southwestern Saudi Arabia. The new species is compared to the genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828, which is distributed throughout the Middle East, and especially to A. australis (Linnaeus, 17...
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| author | Abdulaziz R. Alqahtani Ersen Aydın Yağmur Ahmed Badry |
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| description | We describe and illustrate a new scorpion species, Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov., from the Mecca Province of southwestern Saudi Arabia. The new species is compared to the genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828, which is distributed throughout the Middle East, and especially to A. australis (Linnaeus, 1758). We provide the molecular phylogeny for this species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-474d20f16cfc429e9bd78b26d9e01a6c2023-03-04T09:11:03ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702023-03-01115293410.3897/zookeys.1152.101100101100Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae)Abdulaziz R. Alqahtani0Ersen Aydın Yağmur1Ahmed Badry2University of BishaManisa Celal Bayar UniversityAl Azhar UniversityWe describe and illustrate a new scorpion species, Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov., from the Mecca Province of southwestern Saudi Arabia. The new species is compared to the genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828, which is distributed throughout the Middle East, and especially to A. australis (Linnaeus, 1758). We provide the molecular phylogeny for this species.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/101100/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Abdulaziz R. Alqahtani Ersen Aydın Yağmur Ahmed Badry Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae) ZooKeys |
| title | Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae) |
| title_full | Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae) |
| title_fullStr | Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae) |
| title_short | Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae) |
| title_sort | androctonus tihamicus sp nov from the mecca province saudi arabia scorpiones buthidae |
| url | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/101100/download/pdf/ |
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