Androctonus tibesti (Lourenço & El-Hennawy, 2022)

Androctonus tibesti, new species, Saharan Massifs, Tibesti, Libya.

Figs. 1-4. Androctonus tibesti sp. n., male holotype. 1-2. Dorsal and ventral aspects of
prosoma, mesosoma and right pedipalp. 3-4. Metasomal segments and telson, showing
both lateral aspects.

Figs. 13-14. Androctonus pallidus, male holotype. Habitus, dorsal and ventral aspects.

Fig. 15. Map of Libya, Chad, and part of North Africa showing the northern part of the
Tibesti Mountains (red circle), approximate zone of the type locality.

Fig. 16. Natural habitat of Androctonus tibesti sp. n., the North East portion of the Tibesti
Massif in south of Libya (photo © Jacques Taberlet, Nord du Dohone, Google Earth).

Reference:
Lourenco WR, El-Hennawy HK. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from the North East portion of the Tibesti Massif in Libya (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket. 2022;18(4):428-40. [Open Access]