Abstract
A new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Compsobuthus is described based on a single male specimen collected from Ain El-Hamah, Khaybar, Saudi Arabia. The new species, Compsobuthus khaybari sp. n., belongs to the werneri group of Compsobuthus and is closely related with C. longipalpis and C. fuscatus. A key for species of the genus Compsobuthus known from Saudi Arabia is given. With this new species, the number of Compsobuthus species increases to six. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C0EAEF6-005C-447E-9DAC-FD5508589167
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