<i>Androctonus ishtar</i> sp. n. from Dohuk and Nineveh provinces, Iraq (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

YAĞMUR E. A., Kachel H. S., Al-Khazali A. M., Al-Jubouri M. A. K., Ali F. R.

JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, vol.59, no.25-28, pp.1757-1773, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59 Issue: 25-28
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2496290
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.1757-1773
  • Manisa Celal Bayar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A new species, Androctonus ishtar sp. n., is described and illustrated from the Dohuk and Nineveh provinces of Iraq. This new species was previously misidentified as A. crassicauda Olivier. Androctonus sumericus Al-Khazali and Ya & gbreve;mur, and A. turkiyensis Ya & gbreve;mur, are distributed in territories close to those of A. ishtar sp. n. The new species differs from A. crassicauda in the morphology of the fifth metasomal segment, from A. sumericus in its elongate chela, and from A. turkiyensis in the trichobothrial arrangement on the fixed fingers of the chela.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:67C18208-04F4-48F7-9812-C444408F196F