Leiurus sahelicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Scorpiones
Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Leiurus
Species: Leiurus sahelicus

Name

Leiurus sahelicus Lourenço, El-Hennawhy & Ythier, 2025

Type locality: Niger, Region of Mir, 310 m.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. X.1959. legit J. Vedy.

References

Primary references

  • Lourenço, W.R., El-Hennawy, H.K. & Ythier, E. 2025. A further new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the South of Niger and confirmation of the extension of the distribution range of the genus to the Southern zones of the Sahara Desert. Serket 21(1): 1-11. Reference page.