Description of three new species of scorpion from Sudan (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Abstract

Three new species belonging to the genera Buthus Leach, 1815 Babycurus Karsch, 1886 and Neobuthus Hirst, 1911 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) are described from the region of Loka in the Southern region of Sudan.With the description of Buthus jianxinae sp.n., a second species of this genus is confirmed in the country.The descriptions of both Babycurus solegladi sp.n. and Neobuthus sudanensis sp.n. represent the first confirmation of these genera for Sudan.Some additional comments are added on the validity of the genus Neobuthus.