A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF BUTHIDAE (SCORPIONES) FROM THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF MOROCCO, NORTH-WESTERN AFRICA

A remarkable scorpion, which represents a new buthid genus and species, is herein described from the southern slopes of the high mountains of the Moroccan Atlas, north-western Africa. This new genus is closely related to Cicileus Vachon 1948 and Leiurus Ehremberg 1828, but exhibits some strikingly unique characters. This new genus is very interesting from a biogeographic point of view, because it seems to represent a geographical vicariant of both Cicileus and Leiurus, as well as an isolated mountain-dwelling relict.