identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
39718787FFD0FFE8EFB7F93171496856.text	39718787FFD0FFE8EFB7F93171496856.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Buthacus Birula 1908	<div><p>Genus  Buthacus Birula, 1908</p><p>Composition of the genus  Buthacus in Algeria (in order of description)</p><p>-  Buthacus arenicola (Simon, 1885)</p><p>-  Buthacus fuscata Pallary, 1929</p><p>-  Buthacus foleyi Vachon, 1948</p><p>-  Buthacus algerianus Lourenço, 2006</p><p>-  Buthacus birulai Lourenço, 2006</p><p>-  Buthacus armasi Lourenço, 2013</p><p>-  Buthacus samiae Lourenço &amp; Sadine, 2015</p><p>-  Buthacus spinatus Lourenço, Bissati &amp; Sadine, 2016 -  Buthacus elmenia Lourenço &amp; Sadine, 2017</p><p>-  Buthacus ahaggar Lourenço, Kourim &amp; Sadine, 2017 -  Buthacus sadinei Ythier, 2022</p><p>-  Buthacus deserticus sp. n.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/39718787FFD0FFE8EFB7F93171496856	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sadine, Salah Eddine;Souilem, Zineb;Chedad, Abdelwahab;Chebihi, Bahri;Zebsa, Rabah;Houhamdi, Moussa;Lourenço, Wilson R.;Ythier, Eric	Sadine, Salah Eddine, Souilem, Zineb, Chedad, Abdelwahab, Chebihi, Bahri, Zebsa, Rabah, Houhamdi, Moussa, Lourenço, Wilson R., Ythier, Eric (2024): A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 from the Algerian Saharan Desert (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 12 (9): 1-9, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(9), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15365294
39718787FFD0FFEBEC36F9A3716F619F.text	39718787FFD0FFEBEC36F9A3716F619F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Buthacus spinatus Lourenco, Bissati & Sadine 2016	<div><p>Buthacus spinatus Lourenço, Bissati &amp; Sadine, 2016</p><p>(Fig. 1- 4, Tab. I)</p><p>Material examined (3 ex.)</p><p>-   Algeria, Ghardaïa,  Metlili, 12/II/2023 (A. Chedad), 1 ♀, deposited in the MNHL  .</p><p>-   Algeria, Ghardaïa,  Sebseb, 29/I/2023 (Z. Souilem), 2 ♂, deposited in the MNHL and EYCP  .</p><p>Diagnosis (emended). – Scorpions of small to moderate size for the genus with a total length of 42 mm in female and 36-37 mm in male. General coloration yellow to pale yellow; only metasomal segment V with dark brown to blackish pigmentation. Pectinal tooth count 17-18 in female, 21-23 in male. Ventral carinae on metasomal segments II-III with well-marked spiniform granules; ventral and latero-ventral carinae on segment V with strong spinoid granules and several conspicuous spinoid lobes. Pedipalp chela manus moderately inflated in male; fingers straight in female, twisted in male, with 8 rows of granules on fixed finger, 9 on movable finger; external and internal accessory granules moderately to strongly marked. Tibial spurs moderate to weak on legs III and IV. Trichobothriotaxy A-β (beta) orthobothriotaxic; fixed fingers with trichobothrium eb slightly displaced on chela manus, situated closer to Et than esb; trichobothria db and esb situated at the same level and trichobothrium Eb 3 displaced to the ventral aspect of chela hand.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/39718787FFD0FFEBEC36F9A3716F619F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sadine, Salah Eddine;Souilem, Zineb;Chedad, Abdelwahab;Chebihi, Bahri;Zebsa, Rabah;Houhamdi, Moussa;Lourenço, Wilson R.;Ythier, Eric	Sadine, Salah Eddine, Souilem, Zineb, Chedad, Abdelwahab, Chebihi, Bahri, Zebsa, Rabah, Houhamdi, Moussa, Lourenço, Wilson R., Ythier, Eric (2024): A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 from the Algerian Saharan Desert (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 12 (9): 1-9, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(9), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15365294
39718787FFD3FFEBEF28FE5173DC6684.text	39718787FFD3FFEBEF28FE5173DC6684.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Buthacus deserticus Sadine & Souilem & Chedad & Chebihi & Zebsa & Houhamdi & Lourenço & Ythier 2024	<div><p>Buthacus deserticus sp. n. Sadine, Souilem, Lourenço &amp; Ythier</p><p>(Fig. 5-15, Tab. I)</p><p>ZooBank:https://zoobank.org/ 095D35DB-B116-45AD-9ED0-0E27C8747B14</p><p>Holotype, ♀, Algeria, Ghardaïa,  Dhayet Bendhahoua, 17/III/2019 (S. E. Sadine), deposited in the MNHL.</p><p>Paratypes (3 ex.)</p><p>-   Algeria, Ghardaïa,  Mansoura, 03/III/2023 (Z. Souilem), 1 ♂, deposited in the MNHL  .</p><p>-   Algeria, Ghardaïa,  Mansoura, 03/III/2023 (Z. Souilem), 1 ♀, deposited in the EYCP  .</p><p>-   Algeria, Ghardaïa,  Beni Isguen, 11/X/2022 (Z. Souilem), 1 ♂, deposited in the EYCP  .</p><p>Etymology. – The specific name refers to the Sahara Desert, where the new species was collected.</p><p>Diagnosis. – Scorpions of moderate size for the genus with a total length of 44-50 mm in female and 47-52 mm in male. General coloration yellowish to brownish yellow, with dark brown to blackish pigmentation on the carapace and metasomal segment V. Pectinal tooth count 15-17 in female, 22-24 in male. Ventral carinae on metasomal segments II-III with well-marked spiniform granules; ventral and latero-ventral carinae on segment V with moderate to strong spinoid granules and several conspicuous spinoid lobes. Pedipalp chela manus strongly inflated in male; fingers straight in female, twisted in male, with 8 rows of granules on fixed finger, 9 on movable finger; external and internal accessory granules moderately to strongly marked. Tibial spurs moderate on legs III and IV. Tibial spurs moderate to weak on legs III and IV. Trichobothriotaxy A-β (beta) orthobothriotaxic; fixed fingers with trichobothrium eb slightly displaced on chela manus, situated closer to Et than esb; trichobothrium db distal to esb.</p><p>Description (based on male holotype andmale andfemalesparatypes; measurements in Table I).</p><p>Coloration. – Prosoma: carapace yellowish (male) to brownish yellow (female) with diffuse variegated dark brown to blackish spots between lateral eyes and median ocular tubercle; eyes surrounded by black pigment. Mesosoma: tergites yellowish (male) to brownish yellow (female); sternites, coxapophysis, sternum and genital operculum yellowish, pectines pale yellow. Metasoma: yellowish with dark brown to blackish pigmentation on segment V. Vesicle pale yellow; aculeus reddish yellow at the base and reddish at its extremity. Chelicerae yellowish without any reticulation; teeth reddish. Pedipalps: yellowish, the rows of granules on the dentate margins of the fingers reddish. Legs pale yellow.</p><p>Morphology. –Prosoma: anterior margin of carapace not emarginate, straight, bearing ten macrosetae. Carapace carinae weak; anterior median carinae obsolete; central median, posterior median and central lateral carinae weak. All furrows weak to obsolete. Intercarinal spaces moderately granular. Median ocular tubercle slightly anterior to the centre of the carapace; median eyes separated by about two ocular diameters. Five pairs of lateral eyes; the first four disposed in one line, the fifth situated behind fourth eye. Mesosoma: tergites I-VI tricarinate; all carinae weak; lateral carinae vestigial on segment I; tergite VII pentacarinate, with lateral pairs of carinae strong. Intercarinal spaces with fine granulation in central area of tergites, with coarse and fine granulation on lateral sides. Sternites smooth; all carinae absent from sternites III-VI; sternite VII with two pairs of smooth carinae. Pectines with the marginal tips extending to the end of sternite III in female, end of sternite IV in male; pectinal tooth count 15-17 in females, 22-24 in males; pectines with 3 marginal lamellae and 8-9 middle lamellae; lamellae and fulcra with numerous setae. Metasoma: segment I with 10 complete carinae, II-IV with 8 complete carinae (incomplete lateromedial carinae on posterior half of segment II, indicated by a few granules on posterior part of segment III), V with five carinae. Ventral carinae weak on segment I, with well-marked spiniform granules on II-III (especially in female), weak on IV; dorsal carinae without any well marked spinoid granules on segments I to IV. Segment V with ventral and ventrolateral armed with moderate to strong spinoid granules and several conspicuous spinoid lobes. Dorsal furrows of all segments weakly developed; dorsal and lateral intercarinal spaces smooth on all segments; ventral intercarinal spaces smooth on segments I-III, weakly granulated on IV-V. Segment V with 36 long setae. Anal arc composed of 6 ventral teeth and two lateral lobes. Telson smooth. Aculeus very long and curved; subaculear tubercle absent. Chelicerae with two reduced but not fused denticles at the base of the movable finger (Vachon, 1963). Pedipalps: Trichobothrial pattern orthobothriotaxic, type A (Vachon, 1974); chela fixed fingers with trichobothrium eb slightly displaced on chela manus, situated closer to Et than esb; trichobothrium db distal to esb; dorsal trichobothria of femur in β (beta) configuration (Vachon, 1975). Femur pentacarinate; all carinae moderately crenulate. Patella and chela with vestigial carinae only, almost smooth. Pedipalp chela manus strongly inflated in male; fingers straight in female, twisted in male, with 8 rows of granules on fixed finger, 9 on movable finger; each row with one external and one internal accessory granule, both moderate to strong; 3 terminalgranulesnexttotheterminaldenticle. Legs: Ventral aspect of tarsi with numerous thin long setae. Tibial spurs moderate on legs III-IV.</p><p>Relationships. –  Buthacus deserticus sp. n. shows similarities with regard to several morphological characters as well as a similar biotope, with  B. spinatus and  B. elmenia, both species belonging to the  “ leptochelys ” complex and occurring in the region of Ghardaïa, Central Algeria.</p><p>The new species can however be easily distinguished from these species notably by the following main features:</p><p>(i) larger size with 44-52 mm (36-42 mm in  B. spinatus, 41 mm in  B. elmenia);</p><p>(ii) general coloration yellowish to brownish yellow with darker pigmentation on carapace (yellow to pale yellowwithoutspots oncarapace in  B. spinatus and  B. elmenia);</p><p>(iii) pectinal tooth count 22-24 in male (19-20 in male  B. elmenia); (iv) ventral and latero-ventral carinae on segment V with moderate to strong spinoid granules and several conspicuous spinoid lobes (stronger granulation in  B. spinatus, spinoid lobes inconspicuous in  B. elmenia); (v) male pedipalp chela manus strongly inflated (moderately inflated in  B. spinatus);</p><p>(vi) chela fixed fingers with trichobothrium db distal to esb (at the same level in  B. spinatus);</p><p>(vii) vesicle more bulky in female and several other distinct morphometric values (Tab. I).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/39718787FFD3FFEBEF28FE5173DC6684	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sadine, Salah Eddine;Souilem, Zineb;Chedad, Abdelwahab;Chebihi, Bahri;Zebsa, Rabah;Houhamdi, Moussa;Lourenço, Wilson R.;Ythier, Eric	Sadine, Salah Eddine, Souilem, Zineb, Chedad, Abdelwahab, Chebihi, Bahri, Zebsa, Rabah, Houhamdi, Moussa, Lourenço, Wilson R., Ythier, Eric (2024): A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 from the Algerian Saharan Desert (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 12 (9): 1-9, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(9), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15365294
