Compsobuthus levyi

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: Compsobuthus
Species: Compsobuthus levyi

Name

Compsobuthus levyi Kovařík, 2012: 5, figs. 20–36

Holotype: FKCP, 1♂.

Type locality: Jordan, near Qasr Burqu, 9. –12.IV.1996, leg. D. Modrý.

Etymology: Named after the Israeli arachnologist Gershom Levy (1937–2009), who in 1973 and 1980 published important works on Compsobuthus from Israel, Jordan and the Arabian Peninsula. Since no specimens of C. werneri from the type locality (Sudan) were available to him, he mistook C. levyi sp. n. for C. werneri werneri.

Synonymy

• Compsobuthus werneri werneri Levy et al., 1973: 114; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 63; Kabakibi et al., 1999: 82.

References

• Kovařík F. 2012: Three New Species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from Yemen, Jordan, Israel, and Somaliland (Scorpiones:Buthidae). Euscorpius, 150: 1–10. PDF.