Buthus elongatus Rossi, 2012

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 : 29

22. Buthus elongatus Rossi, 2012

Buthus elongatus : Rossi 2012: 273-278, fig. 1-6; Teruel and Melic 2015: 5-9.

Type material.

1 adult M holotype (MZUF N° 1432), Sierra Blanca (36.533°, 4.900°), Marbella, Malaga Province, Spain. Paratypes: 1 adult F (ARPC), same locality; 1 M, 1 F (MZUF N° 875), Playa del Alicate (36.499°, 4.818), Marbella, Malaga Province, Spain.

Distribution.

this species is known from the southern Iberian Mediterranean coast, close to Marbella.

Remarks.

The second locality given by Rossi as Alicante (sic), had a typographic error, as the coordinates given by the author, together with their map in Fig. 7, provide sufficient evidence for the correct mapping of this locality. Both localities are under severe anthropomorphic pressure.