Buthus prudenti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Buthus
Species: Buthus prudenti

Name

Buthus prudenti Lourenço & Leguin, 2012: 3, figs. 1–14

Holotype: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France, 1♂.

Type locality: Cameroon, Region of Sanguéré-Djoi (9°23.229’N 13°500.68’E).

Etymology: Patronym in honor of Dr. Patrick Prudent, CIRAD/IRAD, Garoua, Cameroon, who collected the type material for the new species.

References

• Lourenço W.R. & E.-A. Leguin, 2012: A New Species of the Genus Buthus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Northern Cameroon. Euscorpius, Occasional Publications in Scorpiology, 152: 1–9. PDF.