Buthus elongatus is a scorpion species of the family Buthidae, found in southern Spain.

Buthus elongatus
Buthus elongatus scorpion in the Sierra de las Nieves National Park.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Buthus
Species:
B. elongatus
Binomial name
Buthus elongatus
Rossi, 2012

Distribution

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It is endemic to the province of Málaga and possibly to the province of Cádiz in Spain.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Rossi, Andrea (2012). "Notes on the distribution of the species of the genus Buthus (Leach, 1815) (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Europe, with a description of a new species from Spain" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 15 (8): 273–279. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-26.