Journal of Threatened Taxa (Apr 2010)

Description of a new species of scorpion of the genus <i>Lychas</i> C.L. Koch, 1845 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Maharashtra, India

  • Z.A. Mirza,
  • R.V. Sanap

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2363.789-96
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 789 – 796

Abstract

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A new species of buthid scorpion belonging to the genus Lychas C.L. Koch, 1845 is described from the degraded scrub of Aarey Milk Colony (Mumbai). Lychas aareyensis sp. nov. is similar to L. nigristernis, but can be differentiated based on a combination of morphological characters. Notes on natural history are also presented.