Further considerations regarding the status of Grosphus madagascariensis (Gervais) and Grosphus hirtus Kraepelin, and description of a new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Abstract

New considerations regarding the species Grosphus madagascariensis (Gervais, 1843), type species of the genus Grosphus Simon, 1880, and Grosphus hirtus Kraepelin, 1900 are proposed, and both species are redescribed. One new species, Grosphus goudoti sp. n., is described from the Province d'Antsiranana, Forêt de Bobankora, E of Daraina on the northern range of Madagascar. With this description the total number of known species in this endemic genus is now 15. Some details are presented on the ecological settings of the sites where the described specimens were collected. A revised key to the species of Grosphus is given.