Leiurus sinai [Badry, Saleh, Lourenco & Ythier, 2023]

Leiurus sinai [Badry, Saleh, Lourenco & Ythier, 2023]

Fig. 1-2. Leiurus sinai sp. n., ♀ holotype, habitus.
1. Dorsal aspect. 2. Ventral aspect.

Fig. 3-4. Leiurus sinai sp. n., ♂ paratype from Bir El Hassana, habitus.
3. Dorsal aspect. 4. Ventral aspect.

Fig. 5-6. Comparative material.
5. Leiurus quinquestriatus, ♀ from Al-Kharga, Egypt, dorsal aspect. 6. Leiurus hebraeus, ♀ from Petra, Jordan, dorsal aspect.

Fig. 17. Map of Sinai showing the type localities of Leiurus sinai sp. n.

Fig. 18. Map of Northern Africa showing the distribution of the known Leiurus species (modified from Lourenço, 2021).

Reference:
Badry A, Salehi M, Sarhan MMH, Youness M, Lourenco WR, Ythier E. A new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Sinai, Egypt and comments on its relationships with L. quinquestriatus and L. hebraeus using morphological and molecular evidence. Faunitaxys. 2023;11(54):1-10. [Open Access]