''Neobuthus factorio'' is a species of

scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...

from the family Buthidae found in

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

Taxonomy

Specimens of ''N. factorio'' may have been collected and temporarily categorized as '' Neobuthus ferrugineus'' since 2012. They were defined as a separate species once a larger number of samples could be collected between 2016–2018. The species was named after ''

Factorio ''Factorio'' is a construction and management simulation game developed by the Czech studio Wube Software. The game was announced via an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign in 2013 and released for Windows, macOS, and Linux on 14 August 2020 follo ...

'', a video game created by the son of one of the researchers who described the species.

Description

The males are much smaller in size, being an average of 17–19 mm in length, while females are 24–27 mm. The pedipalps are relatively slender, with a matte, finely granulated texture in males, and smooth and glossy on females. The body's base colour is of a pale yellow, with dark patterns in the

metasoma The metasoma is the posterior part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts, the other two being the prosoma and the mesosoma. In insects, it contains most of the digestive tract, respiratory system, and circula ...

, pedipalps and legs.

Distribution

''N. factorio'' can be found in Somalia, on rocky areas of semi-desert, occasionally near river beds. The localities of ''Neobuthus factorio'' are near to the localities of '' Neobuthus berberensis''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q60561698 Endemic fauna of Somalia Buthidae Scorpions of Africa Animals described in 2018