New locality of Buthus apiatus Lourenço, El Bouhissi & Sadine, 2020 in Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

This note concerns a scorpion species of the genus Buthus recently described in Algeria, Buthus apiatus Lourenço, El Bouhissi & Sadine, 2020. According to the last synthesis of Algerian scorpions, this species is located in the North-West of Algeria, in the department of Sidi Bel Abbes and the Tissemsilt. This note provides a new locality of B. apiatus outside these areas, extended about 230 km eastwards, south of the department of Tiaret (Algeria). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]