<i>Leiurus fezzanensis</i> sp. n. from Fezzan Province, Libya (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

YAĞMUR E. A., Aboshaala F., Kovarik F.

JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, cilt.59, sa.29-32, ss.2035-2049, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 29-32
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2519293
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: 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
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2035-2049
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Leiurus fezzanensis sp. n. is described from the Fezzan Province, Libya. Detailed illustrations and a map showing the distributions of all Leiurus species in Africa are given.Leiurus fezzanensis differs from granulations of carapace, trichobothrial pattern on fixed finger, granulation of fifth segment of metasoma and pectinal tooth count. SinceL. libycusBirula, 1908 was recently excluded from the scorpion fauna of Libya,L. fezzanensis is currently the onlyLeiurusspecies known from the country.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A3515C67-EACF-4BD0-802B-5ED67EF4E476