taxonID	type	description	language	source
B1E2B7F2E18658F3957214A74946EADC.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; Table 2	en	Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Alqahtani, Abdulaziz R., Badry, Ahmed (2025): A new species of Androctonus from the Najd Plateau of Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 1262: 33-59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.163047
B1E2B7F2E18658F3957214A74946EADC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Medium-sized scorpions. Average body length 73 mm in males and 79 mm in females. General coloration ranges from dark brown to blackish brown. Carapace carinae strong and bear coarse granules in males, and moderate granules in females. Intercarinal areas densely covered with coarse to medium granules in males, and with medium to minute granules in females. Chela manus smooth and lustrous; internal surface densely granular in males and sparsely granular in females. Movable fingers of the pedipalps bear 16 rows of denticles, with external and internal accessory denticles and three distal granules. Fixed fingers bear 15 rows of granules, also with external and internal accessory granules and three distal granules. Trichobothrium et located between dt and est, and proximal to dt. Pectines bear 30 – 35 teeth in males and 23 – 28 in females. Tergites I – VI densely granular. All metasomal segments robust, longer than wide, and wider than deep. Segment V considerably more robust in males. Segments I – III have ten carinae, segment IV has eight, and segment V has five carinae. Dorsolateral carinae strong, with granules increasing in size posteriorly on segments I – IV; serrate on segment I, serrate to dentate or subdentate on segment II, and dentate on segments III – IV. On segment V, dorsolateral carinae strong, smooth anteriorly, and serrate posteriorly. Ventrolateral carinae strong on segments I – IV, with moderate and rounded granules on segments I and II, and coarse, rounded granules on segments III and IV. On segment V, ventrolateral carinae strong, bearing somewhat large granules that gradually and slightly increase in size posteriorly, without enlarged denticles.	en	Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Alqahtani, Abdulaziz R., Badry, Ahmed (2025): A new species of Androctonus from the Najd Plateau of Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 1262: 33-59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.163047
B1E2B7F2E18658F3957214A74946EADC.taxon	description	Description. (based on male holotype and female paratypes) Coloration (Figs 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10). Base coloration dark brown to blackish brown. Prosoma: carapace dark brown to dark reddish brown in males, and dark reddish brown in females; carinae and granules black. The area surrounding and between median eyes marked with black pigmentation. Chelicerae: manus shiny yellowish brown to dark brown with dark brown reticulations; fingers reddish brown to dark brown, with reddish brown teeth. Pedipalps: femur and patella dark brown dorsally, with black carinae. Chela manus lustrous reddish brown; fingers dark brown posteriorly and dark yellow anteriorly. Denticles black. Legs: tarsi dark yellow; other segments brown. Mesosoma: blackish brown in males; dark brown to dark reddish brown in females. Sternites III – V yellowish brown; poststernites dark yellow medially. Sternite VI pale brown; sternite VII dark brown. Coxae yellowish brown to reddish brown. Pectines pale yellow. Metasoma: ventral surfaces of segments I – V dark brown to black in males and dark brown in females. Lateral and dorsal surfaces reddish brown to brown. Carinae exhibit dark brown to black pigmentation. Vesicle: black ventrally, reddish brown dorsally. Aculeus: reddish brown at base, black at tip.	en	Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Alqahtani, Abdulaziz R., Badry, Ahmed (2025): A new species of Androctonus from the Najd Plateau of Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 1262: 33-59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.163047
B1E2B7F2E18658F3957214A74946EADC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named after the Najd Plateau, located in the central region of the Arabian Peninsula.	en	Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Alqahtani, Abdulaziz R., Badry, Ahmed (2025): A new species of Androctonus from the Najd Plateau of Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 1262: 33-59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.163047
