Kozhikode: A group of researchers have discovered a new scorpion species of the genus Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936 from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki. The new species has been named ‘Busthoscorpio chinnarensis’.
A team led by K Aswathi, Researcher at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) regional centre in Kozhikode, P M Sureshan, Senior scientist at ZSI, Kozhikode and Wilson R Lourenco of Natural History Museum, Paris have published
their findings in the latest edition of Taprobanica, a scientific journal published from University of Indonesia.
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