Four new species of Harmonicon F. O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896 from Brazil with the first male description of H. rufescens (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae)

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Four new species of Harmonicon F. O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896 from Brazil with the first male description of H. rufescens (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) Abstract Four new species of Harmonicon F. O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896 are described from the Cerrado biome of Brazil. Three new species are from Tocantins state, in the North region of Brazil: H. arraias n. sp. (♂), H. palmas n. sp. (♂♀), H. tocantins n. sp. (♂), and one new species is from Mato Grosso state, in the Central-west Brazil: H. guimaraes n. sp. (♂♀). Furthermore, we here describe for the first time the male of H. rufescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896 and expand the distribution range of this species and that of H. candango Wermelinger-Moreira, Castanheira & Baptista 2024. Gabriel Wermelinger-Moreira , Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista , Four new species of Harmonicon F. O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896 from Brazil with the first male description of H. rufescens (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) , Acta Arachnologic...

Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XL. Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia (Buthidae)

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Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XL. Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia (Buthidae)

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Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia is described and compared with other species of the genus, fully complemented with color photos of specimens of both sexes of the new species, as well as of their habitat. Included is a key for Barbaracurus and a map of the distribution of the genus in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.

Kovařík, F., & Elmi, H. S. 2025 . Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XL. Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia (Buthidae). Euscorpius, No. 417: 1-10. https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2025/iss417/1/