Abstract

PONCE-SAAVEDRA, Javier  and  FRANCKE, Oscar F.. A new species of the scorpion genus Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from northwestern Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2019, vol.90, e902660.  Epub Jan 31, 2019. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2019.90.2660.

Centruroides lauriadnae sp. n. is described from Sonora State, Mexico. This species belongs to the so called “striped” group in the genus (sensuHoffmann, 1932). It is compared with the 2 other species recorded for Sonora: C. pallidiceps Pocock and C. sculpturatus Ewing, as well as compared with C. suffusus (Pocock) of northern México.

Keywords : Taxonomy; Diversity; Sonora.