''Neobuthus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It is distributed across the

Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...

; in

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

, Ethiopia,

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

, Kenya and Djibouti.

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 ''Neobuthus amoudensis'' is a species of scorpion from the family Buthidae found in Somaliland and Ethiopia. It is named in honor of the Amoud University. Taxonomy Male specimens of ''N. amoudensis'' were collected and temporarily categori ...

'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * '' Neobuthus awashensis'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2012 * ''

Neobuthus berberensis ''Neobuthus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It is distributed across the Horn of Africa; in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Kenya and Djibouti. Taxonomy First described by Hirst in 1911, the genus was redefined in 2012 in revi ...

'' Hirst, 1911 * '' Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni'' Lourenço, 2001 * ''

Neobuthus erigavoensis ''Neobuthus erigavoensis'' is a species of scorpion from the family Buthidae found in Somaliland. Taxonomy Specimens of ''N. erigavoensis'' may have been collected and temporarily categorized as ''Neobuthus ferrugineus ''Neobuthus factori ...

'' 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 ''Neobuthus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It is distributed across the Horn of Africa; in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Kenya and Djibouti. Taxonomy First described by Hirst in 1911, the genus was redefined in 2012 in ...

'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * '' Neobuthus haeckeli'' Kovařík, 2019 * '' Neobuthus kloppersi'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * ''

Neobuthus kutcheri ''Neobuthus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It is distributed across the Horn of Africa; in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Kenya and Djibouti. Taxonomy First described by Hirst in 1911, the genus was redefined in 2012 in ...

'' Lowe & Kovařík, 2016 * ''

Neobuthus maidensis ''Neobuthus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It is distributed across the Horn of Africa; in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Kenya and Djibouti. Taxonomy First described by Hirst in 1911, the genus was redefined in 2012 in ...

'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * ''

Neobuthus montanus ''Neobuthus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It is distributed across the Horn of Africa; in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Kenya and Djibouti. Taxonomy First described by Hirst in 1911, the genus was redefined in 2012 in ...

'' Kovařík & Lowe, 2018 * '' Neobuthus solegladi'' Kovařík, 2019 * '' Neobuthus sudanensis'' Lourenço, 2005

References

External links

* Buthidae Scorpions of Africa {{Scorpion-stub