A further new species for the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Ananteridae) from a poorly prospected region of Brazilian Amazonia

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  A further new species for the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Ananteridae) from a poorly prospected region of Brazilian Amazonia Abstract  A new species of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 is described from the region which today defines the ‘Reserva Biológica do Río Trombetas’ in the state of Pará, Brazil. The collection of the unique specimen, presently study, took place previously to the definition of this reserve, in a joint field trip with a team of the Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal (IBDF). Ananteris antoni sp. n. is described based on one female specimen collected in a zone of dense humid forest, under death log. With this new description, the number of Ananteris species known for the scorpion fauna of Brazil is now raised to 33. Lourenço W. R., 2026. – A further new species for the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Ananteridae) from a poorly prospected region of Brazilian Amazonia. Faunitaxys, 14(63): 1 – 5.  https://doi.o...

A new species of Tityus Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), from the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)

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A new species of Tityus Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), from the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)

Abstract . – A new species belonging to the genus Tityus ( Atreus ) (family Buthidae, CL Koch, 1837) is described from the Colombian Cordillera Oriental on the basis of three specimens collected in La Vega (Cundinamarca department). Specimens of Tityus ( Atreus ) icarus sp . n . were collected in a patch of medium-altitude broadleaf rainforest, 1350 asl The new species shares affinities with T. ( Atreus ) antioquensis Lourenço & Otero-Patiño , 1998, and T. ( Atreus ) nematochirus Mello-Leitão, 1940, but can be readily distinguished from these two taxa based on morphometric differences and a combination of several characters. The new species is the 229th described in the genus. 

Laborieux L., 2024. – A new species of Tityus Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), from the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia). Faunitaxys , 12(41): 1 – 9. 

https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-12(41) - https://zoobank.org/C98613C0-E202-4DDE-99BB-FF6AB378A099