Mesobuthus phillipsi, Mirshamsi, Omid, Sari, Alireza, Elahi, Elahe & Hosseinie, Shidokht, 2011

Mirshamsi, Omid, Sari, Alireza, Elahi, Elahe & Hosseinie, Shidokht, 2011, Mesobuthus eupeus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Iran: A polytypic species complex, Zootaxa 2929, pp. 1-21 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.201193
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631888
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scientific name	Mesobuthus phillipsi
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Genus Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950 View in CoL

The main finding of this study, based on the results of morphological examinations and multivariate statistical analysis of specimens is that M. e. phillipsi can be classified separately from other studied morphological subspecies; this provides morphological support for raising this subspecies to the species level. Therefore, we provide detailed descriptions for M. eupeus and M. phillipsi stat. nov., diagnosable consistently from each other.

References

Vachon. M. (1950) Etudes sur les Scorpions. III (suite). De´scription des Scorpions du Nord de l'Afrique. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d'Algerie, 28, 152 - 216.