Buthus elizabethae Lourenco , 2005

Sousa, Pedro, Arnedo, Miquel A. & Harris, D. James, 2017, Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae), ZooKeys 686, pp. 15-84 : 28

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:976E23A1-CFC7-4CB3-8170-5B59452825A6
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scientific name	Buthus elizabethae Lourenco , 2005
status

Treatment

20. Buthus elizabethae Lourenco, 2005 View in CoL

Buthus elizabethae : Lourenço 2005a: 230-235, fig. 1-12, Lourenço 2005b: 249.

Type material.

1 M holotype (ZMH N° A36/05), S.W. of Gaoual (approx. 11.71°, -13.22°), Boké, Guinea. Paratypes: 1 F (ZMH N° A37/05), same locality; 1 M, 1 F (MNHN), Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal.

Distribution.

this species is known from Guinea and Senegal,

Remarks.

Given the geographical proximity, it is possible that the Buthus material reported to have been found in Guinea-Bissau might very well correspond to this species. Unfortunately the Guinea-Bissau material was lost in a fire, and hence only newly collected material could confirm this possibility.