
Genus Babycurus split into a new genus and two new species from the Arabian Peninsula
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Frantisek Kovarik and co-workers recently published a review of the genus
BabycurusKarsch, 1886 (Buthidae) resulting into splitting this genus into two genera. The taxanomical decisions from this study are:
Barbaracurus Kovarik, Lowe & Stahlavsky, 2018 (Distributed mainly in the Arabian Peninsula and The Horn of Africa). Species included after review:
B. exquisitus
(Lowe, 2000) (Previously in
Babycurus)
B. prudenti
Lourenço, 2013 (Previously in
Babycurus)
B. somalicus
(Hirst, 1907) (Previously in
Babycurus)
B. sofomarensis
(Kovarik, Lowe, Seiter, Pliskova &Stahlavsky, 2015) (Previously in
Babycurus)
B. subpunctatus
(Borelli, 1925) (Previously in
Babycurus)
B. ugartei
(Kovarik, 2000) (Previously in
Babycurus)
B. winklerorum
Kovarik, Lowe &Stahlavsky, 2018 (New species from Oman)
B. yemenensis
Kovarik, Lowe, Seiter, Pliskova &Stahlavsky, 2015 (New species from Yemen)
B. zambonellii
(Borelli, 1902) (Previously in
Babycurus)
Babycurus Karsch, 1886 (Strictly African distribution). Species included after review:
B. ansorgei
Hirst, 1911
B. brignolii
Lourenço & Rossi, 2017 (Declared Nomen Dubia)
B. buettneri
Karsch, 1886
B. centrurimorphus
Karsch, 1886
B. dunlopi
Kovarik, Lowe, Seiter, Pliskova &Stahlavsky, 2015
B. gigas
Kraepelin, 1896
B. jacksoni
(Pocock, 1890)
B. kirki
(Pocock, 1890)
B. melanicus
Kovarik, 2000
B. multisubaculeatus
Kovarik, 2000
B. pictus
Pocock, 1896
B. solegladi
Lourenço, 2005
B. taramassoi
Borelli, 1919
B. wituensis
Kraepelin, 1913
Babycurus ornatus
Werner, 1936 is declared as a junior synonym of Lychas burdoi (Simon, 1882).
The article has an identification key for
Barbaracurus.
Abstract:
The genus Babycurus Karsch, 1886 sensu lato is split into two genera, a strictly African genus Babycurus, and the new genus Barbaracurus gen. n., which mainly includes species from the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula. Two new species Barbaracurus winklerorum sp. n. from Oman and B. yemenensis sp. n. from Yemen are described, compared with other species, and fully illustrated with color photos of morphology, habitus, live specimens and collection localities. Males of Barbaracurus somalicus (Hirst, 1907) comb. n. and Barbaracurus zambonellii (Borelli, 1902) comb. n. are recorded for the first time and fully illustrated. Babycurus ornatus Werner, 1936 from Mozambique is shown to be a junior synonym of Lychas burdoi (Simon, 1882), a species from the same area. Babycurus brignolii Lourenço et Rossi, 2017 is designated to be a nomen dubium. Hemispermatophores are des-cribed and illustrated to show their differences between the species and genera. Analyses of karyotypes reveal a similar degree of interspecific variability of diploid chromosomal numbers within the genera Babycurus (2n=16–30) and Barbaracurus gen. n. (2n=22–36).
Reference:
Kovarik F, Lowe G, Stahlavsky F. Review of the genus
BabycurusKarsch, 1886 (Arachnida, Scorpiones, Buthidae), with descriptions of
Barbaracurusgen. n. and two new species from Oman and Yemen.
Euscorpius. 2018(267):1-41. [Open Access]
Family Buthidae