Scorpions collected in the Makay mountain range, Madagascar (Scorpiones: Hormuridae, Buthidae) and with description of a new species

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11-12. Grosphus limbatus, female from Ibity. Habitus, dorsal and ventral aspects. Fig. 13-14. Grosphus makay sp. n., female paratype. Habitus, dorsal and ventral aspects.

New considerations regarding Grosphus limbatus (Pocock, 1889), described from an undefined locality in Madagascar, are proposed. One new species, Grosphus makay sp. n., closely allied to G. limbatus, is described from the Makay sandstone mountain range, Atsimo-Andrefana Region (ex Province of Toliara) in south-western Madagascar. The description of the new species brings further evidence of the existence of micro-endemic and vicariant populations within the Malagasy scorpion fauna.

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30 juin 2015
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2.4. Biodiversity values incorporated into reporting systems
19. Knowledge improved, shared and applied
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Madagascar