Buthus elongatus is a scorpion species of the family Buthidae, found in southern Spain.
Buthus elongatus | |
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Buthus elongatus scorpion in the Sierra de las Nieves National Park. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Buthidae |
Genus: | Buthus |
Species: | B. elongatus
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Binomial name | |
Buthus elongatus Rossi, 2012
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Distribution
editIt is endemic to the province of Málaga and possibly to the province of Cádiz in Spain.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.