A new species of scorpion of the genus \u3cem\u3eButhoscorpio\u3c/em\u3e Werner, 1936 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Andhra Pradesh, India

A new species of scorpion, Buthoscorpio rayalensis sp. nov., is described from Andhra Pradesh, India. The new species of scorpion can be differentiated from its congeners in having the following set of morphological characters: anterior edge of carapace exhibiting very broad subtle indentation with a conspicuous epistome present medially, median eyes situated anteriorly in the ratio 1:3.1, interocular area smooth, patella anteriorly smooth and rounded, mesosomal tergites smooth, pectines 17–17, and arrangement of lateral eyes. Stenochirus jinnahii Amir, Kama-luddin et Jabbar, 2005 and S. rahmatii Amir, Kamaluddin et Jabbar, 2005 are considered Buthidae incertae sedis as their generic allocation has been erroneous

Additions to the araneofauna of Andhra Pradesh, India - part II. Records of interesting species of the comb-footed genera <i>Latrodectus, Rhomphaea and Coleosoma</i> (Araneae: Theridiidae)

We report three interesting species of comb-footed spiders (Aranaea: Theridiidae) belonging to three different genera, namely, Latrodectus, Rhomphaea and Coleosoma, of which Latrodectus erythromelas is a first record to India, while Rhomphaea projiciens and Coleosoma floridanum are a first record to Andhra Pradesh. We provide the detailed description of Latrodectus erythromelas, Rhomphaea projiciens and Coleosoma floridanum