title: Observations on the remarkable disrupted geographical distribution of the genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898 in North Africa, with the description of a new species from Egypt (Scorpiones, Buthidae).
abstract: A disrupted Perisaharan pattern of distribution is confirmed for the species of the genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898. A new species, Microbuthus flavorufus sp. n., is described from Egypt, raising the total number of known species of the genus to five.
authors.affiliation: Département de systématique et évolution, USM 0602, section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 053, 61, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France. arachne@mnhn.fr
authors.forename: Wilson R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duhem
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003889:Desert Climate; D017753:Ecosystem; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology*