''Neobuthus'' is a

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of the family Buthidae. It is distributed across the

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Taxonomy

First described by Hirst in 1911, the genus was redefined in 2012 in reviews by Kovařík and Lowe. With its difference from the genus '' Butheolus'' settled, it remained a poorly understood taxon due to lack of materials, with several isolated specimens acquired in 2010–2011 provisionally categorized as ''

Neobuthus ferrugineus ''Neobuthus factorio'' is a species of scorpion from the family Buthidae found in Somalia. Taxonomy Specimens of ''N. factorio'' may have been collected and temporarily categorized as '' Neobuthus ferrugineus'' since 2012. They were defined a ...

.'' Further expeditions to Somaliland, Kenya and Djibouti carried out in the following years allowed for the scope of the genus to be studied with more depth, with seven new species being confirmed in 2018. '' Neobuthus sudanensis'', having a poor original description and still unexamined female specimen, is still unclear as an independent species.

Species

* '' Neobuthus amoudensis'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * '' Neobuthus awashensis'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2012 * '' Neobuthus berberensis'' Hirst, 1911 * '' Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni'' Lourenço, 2001 * '' Neobuthus erigavoensis'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * '' Neobuthus eritreaensis'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2016 * ''

Neobuthus factorio ''Neobuthus factorio'' is a species of scorpion from the family Buthidae found in Somalia. Taxonomy Specimens of ''N. factorio'' may have been collected and temporarily categorized as '' Neobuthus ferrugineus'' since 2012. They were defined a ...

'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * ''

'' Kraepelin, 1898 * '' Neobuthus gubanensis'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * '' Neobuthus haeckeli'' Kovařík, 2019 * '' Neobuthus kloppersi'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * '' Neobuthus kutcheri'' Lowe & Kovařík, 2016 * '' Neobuthus maidensis'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * '' Neobuthus montanus'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * '' Neobuthus solegladi'' Kovařík, 2019 * '' Neobuthus sudanensis'' Lourenço, 2005

References

External links

* Buthidae Scorpions of Africa {{Scorpion-stub