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Updated catalogue and taxonomical notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae).
'Pensoft Publishers', 2020Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Lombarte, Miquel Àngel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Since the publication of the ground-breaking 'Catalogue of the scorpions of the world (1758-1998)' (Fet et al. 2000) the number of species in the scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 has increased 10-fold, and this genus is now the fourth largest within the Buthidae, with 52 valid species. Here we revise and update the available information regarding Buthus. A new combination is proposed: Buthus halius (C. L. Koch, 1839) n. comb. from Portugal and Spain. B. halius is removed from junior synonymy with Buthus occitanus (Amoreux, 1789), and proposed as a senior synonym of B. ibericus Lourenço and Vachon, 2004, new. syn. Moreover, following I.C.Z.N. article 23.9.2 we propose to maintain as valid B. ibericus (nomen protectum) and to consider the disued B. halius as a nomen oblitum. Buthus europaeus tridentatus Franganillo, 1918 is proposed as a junior synonym of B. occitanus (Amoreux, 1789) n. syn.. Buthus sabulicola Touloun, 2012 is proposed as a junior synonym of Buthus bonito Lourenço and Geniez, 2005 n. syn.. B. occitanus tunetanus neeli Gysin, 1969 is proposed as an informal senior synonym of Buthus tassili Lourenço, 2002 informal n. syn.. Two taxa are rised to species rank, Buthus nigrovesiculosus Hirst, 1925 n. stat. and Buthus parroti Vachon, 1949 n. stat.. We further confirm the restricted distribution of B. occitanus that is confined to southeastern France and northwestern Iberian Peninsula and does not occur in North Africa. Additionally, Androctonus barbouri (Werner, 1932) n. comb. from the Agadir region of Morocco, is hereby transferred to the genus Androctonus. We summarize and provide a critical appraisal of the diagnostic characters currently in use for the genus. The catalogue section considers the names for species, subspecies and varieties that have been used for Buthus scorpions. Information about types, including collection numbers and localities are included when available. Finally, an annotated listing of synonymies and an updated bibliography are given
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Figure 13 from: Sousa P, Arnedo MA, Harris JD (2017) Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 686: 15-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
2017Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Miquel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Figure 13 - Reproduction of C. L. Koch's 1839 B. halius figure 382 (plate CLXIII). Right pedipalp che-lae detail from three Buthus species published in the same work: A B. paris (as Androctonus clytoneus), fig. 384 (same plate) B B. halius with an arrow pinpointing the basal lobe C B. paris, fig. 352 (pl. CLI). All images were taken as provided by the pdf copy available in the BHL, which was made available by the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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Figure 1 from: Sousa P, Arnedo MA, Harris JD (2017) Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 686: 15-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
2017Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Miquel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Figure 1 - Buthus mariefranceae, from south of Morocco. Photo by Arie van der Meijden
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Figure 12 from: Sousa P, Arnedo MA, Harris JD (2017) Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 686: 15-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
2017Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Miquel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Figure 12 - Map of North Africa Maghrebian Buthus species' type localities (numbers according to the Catalogue and Table 2) whenever known or the best possible approximation at present
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Figure 7 from: Sousa P, Arnedo MA, Harris JD (2017) Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 686: 15-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
2017Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Miquel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Figure 7 - Map representing the five phylogenetic Buthus cox1 groups in the Maghreb. Groups as defined by Sousa et al. (2012) and Pedroso et al. (2013), also including cox1 sequences from Gantenbein and Largiadèr (2003), Habel et al. (2012) and Husemann et al. (2012) (redrawing of Figure 1 from Pedroso et al. 2013)
Wilson R Lourenco - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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new insights into the taxonomy of the genus Buthus leach 1815 in jordan and description of a new species scorpiones buthidae
Zoology in The Middle East, 2021Co-Authors: Wilson R Lourenco, Bassam Abu Afifeh, Mohammad Alsaraireh, Mohammad Abu A Baker, Zuhair S AmrAbstract:We describe here a new species of Buthus from south-western Jordan. The new species shows several common morphological features with Buthus amri Lourenco, Yagmur & Duhem, 2010, described from the r...
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The first true deserticolous species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae); Ecological and biogeographic considerations.
Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2016Co-Authors: Salah Eddine Sadine, Samia Bissati, Wilson R LourencoAbstract:Since the early 2000s, the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (family Buthidae) has been the subject of an important number of studies. These concerned particularly the species belonging to the 'Buthus occitanus' complex. A number of populations previously considered as subspecies or varieties of B. occitanus Leach were raised to the rank of species, but also many new species have been described. Most of the species considered in these studies come from North Africa, in particular from Morocco, Mauritania, Chad, Sudan and Egypt, but only two new species were recorded from Algeria. At present, one more new species of Buthus is described from the Algerian Saharan Desert, raising the number of confirmed Buthus in Algeria to five. Since most Buthus species from North Africa, and in particular those from Algeria, inhabit more mesic environments than the Saharan Central compartment, the new species appears as the first true deserticolous species found in this country.
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DESCRIPTION OF THREE NEW SPECIES OF SCORPION
2015Co-Authors: Boletín Sociedad, Entomológica Aragonesa, Wilson R LourencoAbstract:(Scorpiones, Buthidae) are described from the region of Loka in the Southern region of Sudan. With the description of Buthus jianxinae sp. n., a second species of this genus is confirmed in the country. The descriptions of both Babycurus solegladi sp. n. and NeoButhus sudanensis sp. n. represent the first confirmation of these genera for Sudan. Some additional comments are added on the validity of the genus NeoButhus
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a new species of Buthus leach 1815 from jordan scorpiones buthidae
Zoology in The Middle East, 2010Co-Authors: Wilson R Lourenco, Ersen Aydin Yagmur, Bernard DuhemAbstract:Since the revision of the genus Buthus Leach about a decade ago, several new species have been recorded from North Africa. Only one new species, however, has been described from the Middle East. Another new species, collected in Jordan, is described here. It was collected in the region of Aqaba, in the Wadi Rum Desert. It is associated with Buthus occitanus mardochei var. israelis Shulov & Amitai, 1959, which is raised here to species level based on morphological and geographic grounds. The new species, Buthus amri, is distinguished by its smaller overall size, a smaller number of pectinal teeth, only 9–10 rows of granules on the chela fingers, and a very strong setation on pedipalps, metasomal segments and telson.
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a new species of Buthus leach 1815 from jordan
Zoology in The Middle East, 2010Co-Authors: Wilson R Lourenco, Ersen Aydin Yagmur, Bernard DuhemAbstract:Abstract Since the revision of the genus Buthus Leach about a decade ago, several new species have been recorded from North Africa. Only one new species, however, has been described from the Middle East. Another new species, collected in Jordan, is described here. It was collected in the region of Aqaba, in the Wadi Rum Desert. It is associated with Buthus occitanus mardochei var. israelis Shulov & Amitai, 1959, which is raised here to species level based on morphological and geographic grounds. The new species, Buthus amri, is distinguished by its smaller overall size, a smaller number of pectinal teeth, only 9–10 rows of granules on the chela fingers, and a very strong setation on pedipalps, metasomal segments and telson.
Sousa Pedro - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Updated catalogue and taxonomical notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae).
'Pensoft Publishers', 2020Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Lombarte, Miquel Àngel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Since the publication of the ground-breaking 'Catalogue of the scorpions of the world (1758-1998)' (Fet et al. 2000) the number of species in the scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 has increased 10-fold, and this genus is now the fourth largest within the Buthidae, with 52 valid species. Here we revise and update the available information regarding Buthus. A new combination is proposed: Buthus halius (C. L. Koch, 1839) n. comb. from Portugal and Spain. B. halius is removed from junior synonymy with Buthus occitanus (Amoreux, 1789), and proposed as a senior synonym of B. ibericus Lourenço and Vachon, 2004, new. syn. Moreover, following I.C.Z.N. article 23.9.2 we propose to maintain as valid B. ibericus (nomen protectum) and to consider the disued B. halius as a nomen oblitum. Buthus europaeus tridentatus Franganillo, 1918 is proposed as a junior synonym of B. occitanus (Amoreux, 1789) n. syn.. Buthus sabulicola Touloun, 2012 is proposed as a junior synonym of Buthus bonito Lourenço and Geniez, 2005 n. syn.. B. occitanus tunetanus neeli Gysin, 1969 is proposed as an informal senior synonym of Buthus tassili Lourenço, 2002 informal n. syn.. Two taxa are rised to species rank, Buthus nigrovesiculosus Hirst, 1925 n. stat. and Buthus parroti Vachon, 1949 n. stat.. We further confirm the restricted distribution of B. occitanus that is confined to southeastern France and northwestern Iberian Peninsula and does not occur in North Africa. Additionally, Androctonus barbouri (Werner, 1932) n. comb. from the Agadir region of Morocco, is hereby transferred to the genus Androctonus. We summarize and provide a critical appraisal of the diagnostic characters currently in use for the genus. The catalogue section considers the names for species, subspecies and varieties that have been used for Buthus scorpions. Information about types, including collection numbers and localities are included when available. Finally, an annotated listing of synonymies and an updated bibliography are given
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Figure 13 from: Sousa P, Arnedo MA, Harris JD (2017) Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 686: 15-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
2017Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Miquel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Figure 13 - Reproduction of C. L. Koch's 1839 B. halius figure 382 (plate CLXIII). Right pedipalp che-lae detail from three Buthus species published in the same work: A B. paris (as Androctonus clytoneus), fig. 384 (same plate) B B. halius with an arrow pinpointing the basal lobe C B. paris, fig. 352 (pl. CLI). All images were taken as provided by the pdf copy available in the BHL, which was made available by the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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Figure 1 from: Sousa P, Arnedo MA, Harris JD (2017) Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 686: 15-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
2017Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Miquel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Figure 1 - Buthus mariefranceae, from south of Morocco. Photo by Arie van der Meijden
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Figure 12 from: Sousa P, Arnedo MA, Harris JD (2017) Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 686: 15-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
2017Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Miquel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Figure 12 - Map of North Africa Maghrebian Buthus species' type localities (numbers according to the Catalogue and Table 2) whenever known or the best possible approximation at present
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Figure 7 from: Sousa P, Arnedo MA, Harris JD (2017) Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 686: 15-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
2017Co-Authors: Sousa Pedro, Arnedo Miquel, Harris D. JamesAbstract:Figure 7 - Map representing the five phylogenetic Buthus cox1 groups in the Maghreb. Groups as defined by Sousa et al. (2012) and Pedroso et al. (2013), also including cox1 sequences from Gantenbein and Largiadèr (2003), Habel et al. (2012) and Husemann et al. (2012) (redrawing of Figure 1 from Pedroso et al. 2013)
Kovařík František - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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\u3cem\u3eFetilinia dentator\u3c/em\u3e gen. et sp. n. from Pakistan (Scorpiones: Buthidae)
Marshall Digital Scholar, 2021Co-Authors: Lowe Graeme, Kovařík FrantišekAbstract:We describe from northern Pakistan a new buthid genus Fetilinia gen. n., monotypic with type species F. dentator sp. n., belonging to the Palaearctic ‘Buthus’ group. It bears some similarities to Kraepelinia Vachon, 1974, in having enlarged metasomal dentition, and to Orthochirus Karsch, 1891, and related genera in having a trapezoidal carapace and small abbreviated pedipalps
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Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXIII. \u3cem\u3eButhus\u3c/em\u3e (Buthidae), with description of two new species
Marshall Digital Scholar, 2020Co-Authors: Kovařík František, Šťáhlavský František, Elmi, Hassan S. A.Abstract:New data are presented on the distribution of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 in the Horn of Africa, mainly in Somaliland, acquired during expeditions in 2011–2019. Buthus berberensis Pocock, 1900, for which the exact locality was not known, was collected again. B. zeylensis Pocock, 1900 is restored from synonymy and elevated to species rank, based on a study of 75 recently collected specimens. Two new species, B. pococki sp. n. and B. somalilandus sp. n., are described, fully complemented with color photographs of live and preserved specimens, as well as their habitats. In addition to the analyses of external morphology we also described karyotypes of selected species. B. awashensis, B. pococki sp. n. and B. zeylensis have karyotypes with 2n=22. The karyotype of B. berberensis possesses 21 chromosomes, probably as a consequence of heterozygous fusion that is evident as a trivalent during postpachytene in this species. A key and distribution map of Buthus in the Horn of Africa (five species) are included
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Review of \u3cem\u3eHottentotta\u3c/em\u3e described by A. A. Birula, with descriptions of two new species and comments on Birula’s collection (Scorpiones: Buthidae)
Marshall Digital Scholar, 2019Co-Authors: Kovařík František, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Fet VictorAbstract:The types of Hottentotta species described by A. A. Birula and deposited in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia are revised. The types of H. buchariensis (Birula, 1897), H. niloticus (Birula, 1928), H. penjabensis (Birula, 1897) stat. nov. and H. schach (Birula, 1905) are fully illustrated with color photographs of morphology. Their taxonomic position is discussed. Lectotypes are designated for H. niloticus and H. schach. We confirm synonymy of Buthus (Hottentotta) minax niloticus Birula, 1928 (Sudan) with Buthus minax L. Koch, 1875, syn. n. Two new species, Hottentotta juliae sp. n. from Iran (Fars Province) and H. krivokhatskyi sp. n. from Pakistan (Balochistan Province), are described, based on specimens which were in previous publications incorrectly identified as H. schach and H. penjabensis
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A revision of the genus \u3cem\u3eHottentotta\u3c/em\u3e Birula, 1908, with descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae)
Marshall Digital Scholar, 2016Co-Authors: Kovařík FrantišekAbstract:The genus Hottentotta is revised and a key to the species is provided. Subgenera Balfourianus Vachon, 1979 and DeccanoButhus Lourenço, 2000 are synonymized with the subgenus Hottentotta Birula, 1908. Four new species of Hottentotta are described: H. finneganae sp. n. from Pakistan, H. jabalpurensis sp. n. from India (Madhya Pradesh), H. jalalabadensis sp. n. from Afghanistan, and H. stockwelli sp. n. from India (Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra). The following species and subspecies are synonymized: Buthotus alticola kabulensis (Vachon, 1958) with H. buchariensis (Birula, 1897) comb. n.; Hottentotta caboverdensis Lourenço & Ythier, 2006 with H. hottentotta (Fabricius, 1787); H. acostai Lourenço, 2004 with H. minax (L. Koch, 1875); H. (DeccanoButhus) geffardi Lourenço, 2000 with H. pachyurus (Pocock, 1897); Buthus hendersoni Pocock, 1900 with H. rugiscutis (Pocock, 1897); Buthus tamulus concanensis Pocock, 1900, Buthus tamulus gangeticus Pocock, 1900, Buthus tamulus gujaratensis Pocock, 1900 and Buthus tamulus sindicus Pocock, 1900 with H. tamulus (Fabricius, 1798). H. buchariensis (Birula, 1897) comb. n., H. gentili (Pallary, 1924) comb. n., H. penjabensis (Birula, 1897) comb. n., and H. salei (Vachon, 1980) comb. n. are recognized as valid species. Lectotypes are designated for Buthus alticola buchariensis Birula, 1897; Buthus (Hottentotta) franzwerneri Birula, 1914; Buthus hendersoni Pocock, 1900; Buthus jayakari Pocock, 1895; Buthus pachyurus Pocock, 1897; Buthus rugiscutis Pocock, 1897; Androctonus (Prionurus) scaber Ehrenberg, 1828; Buthus tamulus concanensis Pocock, 1900; Buthus tamulus gangeticus Pocock, 1900; Buthus tamulus gujaratensis Pocock, 1900; and Buthus tamulus sindicus Pocock, 1900. Neotypes are designated for Scorpio hottentotta Fabricius, 1787 and Scorpio tamulus Fabricius, 1798. H. buchariensis (Birula, 1897) comb. n. is for the first time recorded from Pakistan, and H. salei (Vachon, 1980) comb. n. from the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Buthus syrticus Borelli, 1914 from Syria is considered a nomen dubium
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A new scorpion genus, \u3cem\u3eGint\u3c/em\u3e gen. n., from the Horn of Africa (Scorpiones: Buthidae)
Marshall Digital Scholar, 2016Co-Authors: Kovařík František, Lowe Graeme, Plíšková Jana, Šťáhlavský FrantišekAbstract:A new scorpion genus is described, Gint gen. n., similar to genera Buthacus Birula, 1908 and NeoButhus Hirst, 1911 to which it is compared. Buthus calviceps Pocock, 1900 is transferred to the new genus, which includes only two species, Gint gaitako sp. n. from Ethiopia and Gint calviceps comb. n. from Somaliland and Somalia (Puntland). Information is provided on the localities and habitats of both species. In addition to morphological analysis we described also karyotype of male paratype of Gint gaitako sp. n., 2n=30
Simon J Gaskell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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purification characterization and sequence determination of bmkk4 a novel potassium channel blocker from chinese scorpion Buthus martensi karsch
Peptides, 2004Co-Authors: Naixia Zhang, Michael J Chalmers, Simon J GaskellAbstract:The scorpion neurotoxin BmKK4 was purified from the venom of the Chinese scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch by a combination of gel-filtration, ion exchange and reversed phase chromatography. The primary sequence of BmKK4 was determined using the tandem MS/MS technique and the cDNA database searching as followings: ZTQCQ SVRDC QQYCL TPDRC SYGTC YCKTT (NH(2)). BmKK4 is the first isolated member of a new subfamily alpha-KTx17 of scorpion K(+) toxins.
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purification characterization and sequence determination of bmkk4 a novel potassium channel blocker from chinese scorpion Buthus martensi karsch
Peptides, 2004Co-Authors: Naixia Zhang, Michael J Chalmers, Simon J GaskellAbstract:The scorpion neurotoxin BmKK4 was purified from the venom of the Chinese scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch by a combination of get-filtration, ion exchange and reversed phase chromatography. The primary sequence of BmKK4 was determined using the tandem MS/MS technique and the cDNA database searching as followings: ZTQCQ SVRDC QQYCL TPDRC SYGTC YCKTT (NH2). BmKK4 is the first isolated member of a new subfamily alpha-KTx17 of scorpion K+ toxins. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
