Another new species of Pseudouroplectes Lourenço, 1995 from Madagascar (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Abstract

A new species of the endemic Malagasy genus Pseudouroplectes Lourenço (family Buthidae) is described from spiny forests of the southwestern portion of the island. The holotype was obtained in the forests of Ifaty, north of Toliara. With the description of this species, the distributional pattern of this genus is confined to dry forest formations in the south and southwest. A key is proposed to the known species.