Abstract
Although Libya covers a very wide territory in northern Africa, only two species of the genus Buthus have been recorded from this country: B. tunetanus (Herbst, 1800) and B. barcaeus Birula, 1909. In the present study, a third species, Buthus lourencoi sp. n., closely related to Buthus egyptiensis Lourenço et Cloudsley-Thompson 2012, is described from west Libya, around the area of Tripoli. An identification key for the scorpions of the genus Buthus (Leach, 1815) that occur in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt is provided.
Recommended Citation
Rossi, A., Tropea, G., & Yağmur, E. A. 2013 . A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Libya (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, No. 167: 1-10.
