Lourenço W.R.1, Duhem B.2, Cloudsley-Thompson J.L.3 2012. Scorpions from Ennedi, Kapka and Tibesti, the mountains of Chad, with descriptions of nine new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.21. No.4: 307–338 [in English].
1 Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR7205, CP 053, 57 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris, France. E-mail: arachne@mnhn.fr
2 Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Direction des Collections, CP 039, 57 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris, France. E-mail: duhem@mnhn.fr
3 44 Alconbury Road, Hackney, London E5 8RH, United Kingdom
KEY WORDS: Scorpion, Buthidae, Scorpionidae, new species, Sahara, Chad, Ennedi, Kapka, Tibesti, biogeography.
ABSTRACT. Treating a collection of scorpions from the Ennedi, Kapka and Tibesti mountain massifs in Chad reveals an interesting fauna with several elements possibly endemic to these areas. Nine new species are described: Androctonus pallidus sp.n., Buthacus golovatchi sp.n., Butheoloides (s.str.) granulatus sp.n., Buthus hassanini sp.n., Compsobuthus boucheti sp.n., Hottentotta mateui sp.n., Orthochirus minor sp.n., Orthochirus tibesti sp.n. (Buthidae) and Scorpio ennedi sp.n. (Scorpionidae). Biogeographic comments are also added on the scorpion faunas of other Saharan massifs.