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DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss230.1

Abstract

A new species Butheoloides grosseri sp. n. is described and fully complemented with color photos of female holotype, as well as its habitat. This is the first species assigned to this genus from Uganda and represents southern limits of genus Butheoloides distribution.

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