Abstract

PONCE SAAVEDRA, Javier  and  FRANCKE, Oscar F.. A new scorpion species of the genus Centruroides (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the state of Jalisco, Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2011, vol.82, n.2, pp.465-474. ISSN 2007-8706.

Centruroides mascota sp. nov. from Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico is described. The new species is compared with C. elegans Thorell, C. hirsutipalpus Ponce y Francke, C. infamatus (Koch.), C. ornatus Pocock and C. tecomanus Hoffmann, which are morphologically and geographically nearest to it. This medically important species had not been collected or recognized previously

Keywords : Buthidae; Centruroides; new species; systematics; Jalisco; Mexico.