today in #taxonomy: _Androctonus kunti_, a new scorpion species from Iğdır Province, Turkey.

"The species epithet is a patronym dedicated to Kadir Boğaç Kunt, a friend of the author and Turkish arachnologist, who has made great contributions to the knowledge of the spider fauna and systematics in Turkey."

https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2023/iss371/1/ :OpenAccess:

#arachnews #arachnids #scorpions #Buthidae 🦂